Originally Posted by
MrCjolsen
What riding fixed does for me is this. When I'm going along and I hit some headwind, or a grade, on a geared bike I just change gears and slow down. But on a fixed gear, I just have to deal. So I learn to focus on the engine a lot more. Concentrate on my spin, my breathing, and relax every muscle I'm not using to power the bike.
Yeah I totally feel the same relationship between my fixed and road bikes in terms of maintaining cadence and/or speed.
Because of my fixed gear riding, I tend to downshift less on my road bike and get out of the saddle and push over low rolling sections, or even short-distance hills. The feeling of coasting seems weird to me in all situations but stopping and spinning out on decents; The fixed exp. makes me want to pedal all the time and even soft pedal in packs/groups. Riding fixed helps me alot.
But on big hills I do the opposite; Start from the lower gears and spin my way up until I get an endorphin release. Then you start to kick ass, upshift a little and look forward to the next really steep section.
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Anyways why ride a roadbike and do roadie stuff newayz?
'Cause you can do things that you wouldn't be able to do on a fixed gear.
But,
The converse is true as well.
Ride both!