Originally Posted by
hairnet
If you found riding the geared bike boring then try to find a more challenging route. Any mountains or canyons around you? Cornering on a road bike down fast winding descents is super fun.
For me, the fun geared road rides are the ones I
couldn't do fixed (or really wouldn't want to) -- long climbs, canyon descents, etc. (both of which are a lot of fun). Different tools for different jobs.