hi everyone. newbie from the east end here. been riding my first fixie ever for less than a month now. she's a lemond filmore. really happy about the bike. new to a lot of this fixed gear/road bike thing. had a flat the second day of riding. am a bit clumsy on the road. used to ride my ss unibomber on the road.
am really really freaked out about downhills. started riding clipped in for a week now. started learning how to skid but not really that great yet. would love to learn from pros on this forum. i'd like to move my rear wheel all the way to the inside of the dropouts. because i hate to always have to make sure that i have proper tension whenever i put the rear wheels back on for what ever reason (flats would most likely be the most common reason). is there any disadvantage to doing this? i also like the fact that fixies look way cooler that way.