I do a really nice flying dive, face splat and bounce

I don't know if it's old age or what, but I lack the flexibility to turn and look behind safely now. Tried all the techniques - one hand off as you look, shift body weight, etc - and they work, seriously, but not for too long, so I guess it's just endless practice trying to get it right. Might try to resurrect the old 'glance under your armpit' technique, though the change in perspective used to mess with my head a bit (when I was younger and able to do it).

Bunny hops ... on a fixie? Yeah, it can be done ... so I'm told. One day.

Riding the fixie has improved my drink bottle technique because you can't coast and it's during the coasting phase that you tend to veer off line. Keep pedalling boys, it adresses a heap of sins (when not on your fixie I mean).

Similarly, when riding downhill on a loose surface, ride the brakes and keep pedalling - it's counter intuitive but it keeps the whole system under tension and improves your control dramatically.

Richard