Originally Posted by sprintcarblue
If you are pedaling backwards with a fixed hub it spins backwards? I don't get what you are getting at. It is supposed to work like that.
Right but when you are resisting with a fixed gear you are pedaling forwards.
Same for initiating a skid.
Even if it does engage the clutch purely in the direction of pressure(not of movement) it still seems like the suddeness of anything but a friction clutch is going to injure you.