Originally Posted by
crushkilldstroy
Since the pedals never stop moving, it can also teach you to have a lazy stroke too. I gave myself a dead point in my stroke after I first started riding fixed, because I could just let the legs go limp and the pedals would end up where they belonged anyways.
Yep. Same thing happened to me when I first started riding freewheeled bikes again after a long stretch of just riding fixed. I found it pretty easy to correct, though, since I was used to continuously pedaling. To really get the most out of riding either way, I think it's important to ride both fixed and freewheel.