Originally Posted by
magic-conch
Entirely situational? What a sack eater thing to say. "Entirely situational" can apply to any bike! You can't just put a fat blob on a road bike and say "Oh he's gonna be fast".
entirely situational DOES apply to every bike, you ass hat tarcklist- if it didn't there would only be one type of bike made.
The OP was asking in what situation is a fixed gear beneficial, so why don't you offer one up instead of making yourself look stupid on the interwebz for everyone to see.