Originally Posted by Velognome

Maybe for the younger folk but strap on a pair a sticks and follow me into heaven on earth!!

I find riding fixed and downhill skiing to very much complementary activities. Not so much in the use of simular muscle groups but in the feel of speed control into and out of carved and powered turns, likewise the "float" between carved turns is very simular to the non-powered spin of a fixed into a turn and powering out of the turn has the same soulful feel as that burst of compression out of sweet GS style carved turn on the frozen stuff. Love, love love both activities!!

So ya, you could say fixed gear riding may help with the ski legs.