For a couple weeks before I started riding fixed I would ride my regular old road bike but never stop pedaling, and ride on a gear that I guess would be something in the mid 70's or so...that really helped me get into a kind of rythm of always having the pedals spinning, and when I did get my fixie set up it helped me get used to it right off the bat, riding around the local, non busy streets...it also helped having a 40x15 at first, easy to slow down and never went too fast. Running 43x15 now and it's even better.