fixed cog, no brakes (or less brakes, or just as much brakes, depending on the rider) = even less complicated bike / stuff to break, promotes good form, and breaks bad habits like coasting. if fg wasn't a thing i would see why ss would be more attractive, but fg IS a thing and it's actually more practical than ss in 90% of applications. i have one ss bike and it's for big grocery runs / lazy rides to work, all less than 2 miles. ss loses all the benefits of geared bikes and fg, and has no benefits over either one of those. rides under 2 or so miles, and things like bmx are the only places i understand ss being used. do your thing, if you dig it that's rad, i'm just clarifying that by your logic fg is better than ss still. why did we even revive this thread from like five years ago anyway?