Originally Posted by
Yoshi
I think you could say that about nearly anyone who is new to the track (or new to racing). I don't think riding a fixed-gear on the street makes a person more or less able to hold their line.
The key isn't the track it's being comfortable and competent riding around other bikes. Experience riding in a "string" or group is something that pretty much everyone except the street fixie crowd brings with them to the track. It's also something much better gained on casual group rides than in a few hours of track class and cat 5 races.
The point is that the deficiencies of those riders(team beer specifically in yonder boy's case) probably come more from their inexperience riding in groups which is a result of their cliquey ride choices rather than simply not having a brake on the street.(although not having a brake on the street keeps them from riding with others in itself).