Originally Posted by
Cyclebum
Nope.
I was skeptical about fixed gear bicycles too because I didn't understand them.
And then I rode a spin bike (which is a fixed gear) ... and I understood.
Riding a fixed gear is not like if you were told you could only use one gear on your geared bike. That's what I thought it was like in the beginning, and I suspect that's what a lot of people think. But it's quite different.