Originally Posted by fixed_but_free
Road bikes *and* fixies are both great. But don't ghettoize the fixed to just short trips! In the right conditions, a 20 miler on a fixed gear f'in rules! I've seen people do 30+ mile charity rides on track bikes, and a kid I know in Denver regularly rides 50 miles to Boulder on his fixie. All depends on what kind of rider you want to be.
Yeah I wasn't dogging fixies for long rides. I was just thinking that if he was doing 20,30+ mile rides everyday he might as well just stick with the road bike and leave out the hassle. I wrecked my road bike after having it for 3 months when I first got into cycling and built my track bike about a month before I wrecked, so this entire last season I've been training on my track bike doing 60-70 mile rides 2-3 times a week and 25 mile rides the rest of the time. It's definetely do able.