fixed gear riding ruined me long ago, freewheels make me feel helpless and out of control
I had to ride the ice/snow bike today and it sucked. I was busy as hell all day, and the snow bike feels like a pedal powered farm tractor. I caught myself trying to back pedal quite a few times only to realize, duh, cant do that on this bike. Ive gotten real used to flying into corners and intersections, giving the bike a quick hop skid and then slicing on thru a gap without even thinking about it.