So I just did a quick ride on the back streets behind my building and something struck me about fixed gear that hasn't occurred to me for a while. It's stealth. No funky derailleur sounds, no ratchety freewheel. All I could hear outside of the wind was the sound of rubber on pavement. It's just so....nice. You might not notice it much in noisy city settings, but tonight on those back roads, it was just gloriously quiet.

+1 for fixed gear.