Originally Posted by
mihlbach
Sounds pointless to me. You don't really coast when on flats or climbing, so it doesn't even matter if you are fixed or free during those times. If you want to coast down a hill, just use a freewheel. The rest of the time it doesn't really make much of a difference. If you are going to embrace all that complexity you might as well just ride a geared bike.
I disagree, the complexity of having a shifter running back there would be on par with the annoyance of having to carry around a 15mm to use a flip flop imo.
To each his own, but I mean, theres 3 speed fixed hubs now so, why not?
I ride a low gear (42x16) and don't feel the need to coast often, but there are a couple hills that will make my legs ache I spin so fast on them.