Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
I really have no problem with running a road bike with a fixed wheelset... you get better geometry for the road and get to enjoy riding fixed.
Agree, my old Trek has always been a lively sweet handling machine, converted to FG: same, same.
I drilled the fork on my Zeus track bike for a brake and used it for winter training one year. It rode like a lumber wagon, was nervous on down-hills and destroyed a light rear rim. Horses for courses indeed.
-Bandera