Originally Posted by birdt8608

There are several fixed gear rides around the campus where I go to school and I've recently noticed that many do not have any sort of "foot retention devices". I don't understand this. It seems dangerous and just flat out terrifying to me. I personally need to have my feet somehow nailed to those pedals in order to feel like I have any sort of control. Is there anyone out there riding a fixed gear with platform pedals and actually HAPPY about it?

Tom