Originally Posted by baxtefer
drivetrain momentum is what makes some people complain that riding fixed actaully *hurts* their spin, rather than improves it.
It makes some people lazy, in that the rear wheel pushes the pedals past the dead spot in the crank rotation.
Wow....I can see your point about the dead spot.
I can see the rotational inertia guys now saying that's why they use deep V's citing some extra "dead spot reducing flywheel effect".