OP, guess it comes down to the skill level of the roadies, I agree over moderate terrain a FG can keep you in the group with a little strategy. I actually rode fixed with a pace line today(it was super windy), buncha Freds, but I sucked their draft for a bit and when I heard the shifting start I dusted them on a little uphill without even raising up out of the saddle in a nasty headwind. Yeah, they were riding high end carbon stuff, but obviously they were beginners/posers...Still, I get the same adrenaline rush whenever I pass anything, old ladies walking, cars in traffic, dudes in spandex on Cervelos and I still hate it when they pass me...