I have started commuting on my FG over 8-10 miles hilly road -up to 12%, half a mile ascents and descents.

Why all these hills seem to be easier on 50x19 FG than they are on my geared road bike?? I am getting better times overall, too.

It can not be the performance of the bikes, my road one has decent Campy drivetrain, and, at 8,3kg, is almost as light as the FG and my fix is more of a Frankenstein bike than pure breed track cycle: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005...iechBurkot.htm

Any of you riding both higher end road bikes and FG feel the same or is it just an excitement of a newbe?