Originally Posted by
oneeyedhobbit
I disagree with that. Once you're comfortable riding fixed, I greatly prefer it when I'm slowly tooling through crowds on campus. Being able to modulate my speed via my drive train gives excellent control.
+1. Riding across campus feels downright dangerous to me on a freewheel. Fixed I can follow along behind a group of large women blocking the path going 1.2 mph without falling over. Also, many times while at school I have ridden my bike alongside friends who were walking at a normal pace, not so easy with a freewheel.