Originally Posted by
freecycle
To be fair if youve got the cadence and shifting skill, a geared bike can be damn fast... but you haved to know what youre doing.
fixed gears are either sacrificing top speed or acceleration, tis math.
but oh i do love mah fix.
But fixed gears are also potentially more efficient, due to always straight chainline. If its flat, with no wind (or a constant wind and only ride in one direction), and no hills, the fixie wins. Once you start adding other variables to the equation (basically anything outside a velodrome), the geared bike becomes increasingly advantageous.