Last night I was wired on some very cinnamon-y Macy's coffee and so I tried to tire myself out a bit while developing my FG riding skills. This brought me not only to some new skills, but also to one of my better analogies in a long time.
I think riding fixed gear is a little like committing to a lifelong relationship with Jesus.
First off, before you get on a FG bike, you have assumptions of what riding one would be like, based off of riding other non-FG bikes and what people say about FG. This is like a relationship with Jesus; you have experienced what it's like to love people and to have a loving father, and people tell you what it is like to follow Jesus.
When you first give yourself to Jesus it is scary as all get-out, but there is that moment of pure joy and excitement that makes you want to never stop serving Him and loving Him and thinking about Him. Riding FG, when you first get on, there is a sense of breathtaking fear and excitement; your assumptions of FG are blown away and you fall in love.
Sadly, life wears on and that blinding, amazing love for Jesus and riding FG is dulled. Your life could be occupied by only Jesus or FG, but life's pressures squeeze things in between you and your love. And then life gets hard.
You get persecuted for your love of Jesus Christ and you hit the pavement hard for the first time on your FG.
