About 36 hours ago, I put together a freewheeling, shifting, coasting bike with both front and rear brakes. I've been riding it around town, and on the Critical Mass last night.

I can't quite explain why, but this feels a whole lot more dangerous than riding a brakeless track bike. I wrecked a bunch of times riding home from the third after-bar last night. Today, I noticed that yeah, I could go faster, but it kept feeling like something was broken, and clipping in and out was really pretty weird. I'm used to the motion of the pedals helping with that. I also keep forgetting that I have gears, so I just stick in about what I have on my fix. I think that's part of why I was having trouble last night (besides the booze). I left it in a really low gear from the slow mass, and it was way too light for me to get enough speed to stay upright.

I don't know, it just seems strange to me that I feel safer brakeless and fixed. Most people are probably the opposite. Anyone else feel like this getting back on a road bike after a few years of just riding fixed?