Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
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.
i suspect your experience has deadened you to the differences. the first time i rode a fixed gear, as i was being unceremoniously lifted over the front bars, i realized i had just been reacquainted with the law of conservation of momentum.