mihlbach - i hear that alot, and suspect the same. i'm still wondering how it's possible to come to an emergency stop with a fixed gear bike....

i use 'clipless' pedals - which is a weird term to me, since my riding shoes have the thing on the bottom where i 'clip into' the pedal. it took me awhile to get used to kicking out of the pedals when coming to a complete stop. i imagine that would have to be learned even more carefully with a fixed gear bike. i fell over several times before my mind trained me feet to PREPARE and not get caught kicking out AFTER the stop!