Originally Posted by
BigAura
To be honest I don't feel encumbered by gears, per se, and I am very grateful for gears on hilly or mountainous terrain. An analogy might be: I never felt encumbered by my children, but it still felt good when they were at the grandparents 
As explained above: on a fixed bike the one-to-one connection of your legs to the road is very simple, pedal slow go slow, pedal fast go fast, pedal backward go backward. The perfect chain line also feels good versus a geared bike. Leg braking doesn't take long to adjust to, and I do use the front brake in conjunction, and I most ride relatively flat roads.
Yeah my bike goes faster when I pedal, too. That's cool. JK