Cycling: What a relief!

I started seriously biking in high school. My first bicycle that I bought and fixed up was a girl's road bicycle from the local Deseret Industries. It was pink that faded to seafoam green from the rear of the bicycle to the front. I rode that thing everywhere! The second bicycle I had was also from DI. It was a Huffy Mountain Bicycle that was bright yellow. I bought new tires and tubes for it (from Wal-Mart, cause you gotta stay cheap when you are trying to live a sustainable life) and rode it for a while. A couple months after I purchased it, I decided to convert it into a fixed gear bicycle. My friend, Tom, was the only person who I had ever seen riding a fixed gear and it seemed very hard, but I thought it was worth a try. I visited Biker's Edge bicycle shop and purchased a rear 16 tooth cog and had them put it on the rear wheel. This required the removal of the cassette cog and the attachment of the 16 tooth cog with a lockring to keep it on. While at the bicycle shop every employee there asked me some question about my bicycle and I had no clue! I have ridden bicycles for a while, but up until the point where I switched to fixed gear (this day is what made up my mind) I knew nothing about the workings of a road bicycle. My reasons for switching to fixed gear: 1) I love the simplicity! 2) I can fix my bicycle all by myself, without having to go to a bicycle shop and being made a fool because I don't know where some part goes or what not. 3) Makes riding a road bicycle so much more fun allowing for track stands, skids, and attempting wheelies! I am riding a 54 cm fixed/single speed bicycle with a flip flop hub and have been riding it for almost six months now.

Now just wish I had this: