Originally Posted by
dddave
if you know what you're doing on a road bike, this isn't a problem.
no one is saying its a 'problem', its just that mentally there is less things to think about. With a fixed you hop on and go and pedal, no swtiching gears up and down all the time.
my road bike weighs almost a pound less than my fixed.
Remove all the gear stuff from the road bike and it will weigh less.