same happened to me! not on a fixie tho...

my singlespeed-modded 90s Specialized Allez Carbon had just gotten lifted, so my bro leant me his Rocky Mountain he wasn't using much (usually on his Al. Fetish Fixie) so that I could go riding with my girl. halfway out on paved trails i feel the left pedal start to give - look down and crank go bye-bye. had to hand-tighten it until i could find someone with the right sized allen key.

and to think i was gonna lower the seat on the Rocky so that my girl could ride the lighter bike that day, she said "don't bother". with only about 3 rides under her belt all year (the first year she's ridden in over 10 years) i don't think she would've been too keen to ride again after having that happen to her.

joe