Triumph

just curious, I have a rush hour and love it, never tried it fixed though.

luketg08

I rode my Bianchi San Jose for about 2 years singlespeed. I flipped it to fixed and took off the freewheel and haven't looked back yet.
Give fixed a try, it may seem daunting but after an hour of riding you'll love it.

JohnDThompson 

I'm the opposite. I set up mine with a SS/FG flip flop hub and have never used the SS freewheel in all the years I rode it.

rymep

I've got a fixed and a single, both have their enjoyable points, so I just stick with both.

Danv1317

i live on a pretty steep mountain. every time i want to go downtown, i hit speeds of 30+, so i need to be able to have a ratio i can coast downhill and also have a ring i can use to get back up those steep hills. i do have a 46/18 for SS and a 46/16 for fixed gear riding in the area.

Big_e

I have a Dawes SST and can't bring myself to go fixed yet.
Ernest

s.mire

i ride ss, but not by choice i rode my friends windsor hour and i liked it so much more.

bicycleptic

I rode mine around the parking lot when I test rode it with a freewheel. Soon as I got home that was the first thing I changed and have not looked back. The freewheel is a very handy paperweight on my work bench in the garage.

bmw5nkj

i rode fixed for about a year until i got sick of spinning all the time. so i got a ss freewheel and am happy to coast downhill and take sharp turns fast.

hairnet

if I want to coast I'll ride my road bike

CliftonGK1

Same situation for me. I can top 50mph on the 2 mile downhill which starts my commute, and there's no ratio I could run that would let me spin it out comfortably on the way down in the morning and still make it back up in the afternoon.
42/18 on both my fixed and single sides, just to deal with the uphills. I prefer my singlespeed side with the amount of distance and rolling hills I ride.

psirue

I live in an entirely flat city. I prefer fixed for this terrain. If there were hills, I'd ride with a freewheel and a rear brake or ride a proper road bike for even more speed and control.

right tools for the job.

Carlovahnsexron

I broke my chain a few months ago and had a spare 3/32 chain laying around, so I've been using my bike as a SS for probably 5 months. When I get the money to buy another 1/8 chain I'll flip back over to fixed, I miss it.

tu _madre51

that's pretty fast

Halfmast

Rode my flip-flop on the single speed side for a couple months cause the chainline was off n the other side. Spaced the chainring correctly to be able to ride fixed, haven't even considered putting it back in months.

Brig

Fixed for the street 48X17 and SS for the Trail 34X16.
I learned a little something when I bout a Tomi cog for my Singlespeed MTB. Climbing and flats, no difference. Descents.......sucked! I really like the idea of riding Fixed off road, I love the control but Coasting is more fun....
that being said, do what you enjoy most. Whatever is the most fun, that's what you should be riding.

beeftech

Not really, with a 52x11 ratio that's pretty easy on a road bike and a nice hill.

There is nothing better than descending a nicely curved mountain. Carving turns at 45mph, sprinting through the short straights, and never having to touch your brakes once.

buck65

single speed here....never got used to FG

KHSgs

SS...I don't like riding fixed and really don't get the point of it outside of the track. Nothing is convenient or fun about it for me....

synapsemusic

I'd probably ride SS if I had money for front/rear brakes and a freewheel. damn my expensive hobbies.

frankenmike 

For commuting, SS. For recreation, fixed.

j3ffr3y

I flipped mine after one day. Never went back, except once when I was in a rush after fixing a flat, and put the wheel on backwards

Yellowbeard

The only time I miss a freewheel is when I'm doing the hilly loop and have to spin at 150+ on multiple 1-3 km downhills. I've only installed one for that ride once, and although I didn't have to work hard descending I swear my legs would feel stiff and dead by the time the grade turned upwards again.

Apart from that I find the fixed gear more intuitive (counterintuitively) at slow speeds and stops. Plus it's silent.

buck65

My SS is silent (sugino 75 chainring, kmc chain, shimano freewheel)

redfooj

five years and ive NEVER flipped it