Originally Posted by
WestPablo
+1
A fixed gear bike is indeed a single speed. All fixed geared bikes are single speeds. However, not all single speed bikes are fixed geared bikes, or "fixies".
You can indeed, coast downhill on a single speed,
but you can't coast downhill on a "fixie"...
You must continue to pedal downhill with a fixie. Something that you wouldn't have to do on a single speed!
I saw somebody today with their feet perched on the rear axle, bmw/freestyle like. Pedals spinning away...
I wonder how he mangoes to get his feet mounted again, but I was headed the other way.