OK, I got my first fixed back from my LBS today-- I punked out and let them build it since I'm not a mechanic and they do good stuff. It's an old fuji s-10 I picked up on Ebay and it has um lets see, sr 52 crank, a 21 track cog, suzu basic wheel set, nothing fancy.

Anyways, I had someone drop me off and I was gonna ride back from my LBS. The pedals that i got had clips and they were too small for my shoes. There I was in the parking lot trying to get my feet in the frigging pedals having never rode fixed before. And of course they kept turning. As soon as I managed to get my feet in the pedals and rode around I decided I wanted to do a track stand. Then I lost my balance and of course my feet didn't come out of the toe clips so i ended up nearly falling on my ass within like 2 minutes of trying the bike.

Went back in the LBS, had em throw away the crappy old "free" pedals with toe clips that came with the bike from Ebay and put on some different pedals, this time w/o clips though i might add em later.

Then I rode back to my house in rush hour traffic for my first ever fixed ride. Thins were different, no coasting! Every bad habit i have sticks out like a sore thumb. I noticed that the pedals don't quite spin round, but are almost eliptical, not sure if that's normal or what?

Stops are different and i noticed that i didn't use the front brake once on the way home. It was like 5 miles and my knees felt the ride a bit from resisting to slow down. I'm sure my knees will be shredded by this since they arent the best, but at least they hurt in different places.

I'm thinking of ways to spend money on this bike already so that must mean I like it. Guess I'm hooked.