Originally Posted by
Machka
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.
I hope you will elaborate on what you find to be so special about fixed gear. After thirty years of using fixed gear bikes as part of my normal training routine, I don't find riding them to be much different than doing restricted gear training. Perhaps this is because I never have any of my fixed gear bikes set up with a ration of over 2:1, and often go as low as 1.5:1.