Originally Posted by
wolfchild
My experience has been totaly opposite, I love riding fixed in traffic...The only people I see doing circles in the crosswalks are the "roadie crowd" or the "wannabe lance crowd". Most experienced fixie riders just tracstand and wait for the light to change. It's the roadies who give all other cyclists a bad name... most of these posers can't track stand and they are too lazy to unclip and put their foot on the ground and wait for the light to change.. so instead they are blowing through red lights or ride circles in the crosswalk.. stupid fools.
+1 My commuters are a mix of multi and fg. 2 different bikes. I find riding fg in traffic forces me to concentrate 100%. Occasionally, I trackstand at lights, but usually just unclip and put my foot down. Nothing to prove at this point, but I've got
some skillz.