Originally Posted by hairlessbill
Actually, with a fixed gear I want to be attached to the pedals. If my foot slips off then that pedal is coming around for some meat. No coasting = constant pedal movement. That bike with the $10.00 pedals looks like a freewheeling bike to me.
That it is, but when stopped, the pedal movement is the same as a fixed bike.
And it is does not require six months of training to figure out how to stand still with it.