Originally Posted by Sammyboy

For ILTB - a fix does have a very small advantage over a single speed with a coaster brake in terms of simplicity, and that's the lack of freewheel. I'm sure you can't believe that a machined cog threaded onto a solid hub is equally as complex as a freewheel. It isn't. In practise, I've never had a situation where that mechanical simplicity was an actual advantage, but that doesn't mean it's not simpler.