Originally Posted by
Rockadile
2 days, and another thing that you can't coast down fast hills of which I have alot of here. Like no human can pedal that fast and I end up using the brakes or legs to slow me down, talk about a waste of energy!
I moved to SS and its so much nicer for me. Fixies do have a more direct feel and you get that feeling of inertia which is cool, but for me the fixie isnt worth it for that TINY bit of feel. Like yea I could spend a month getting used to it but why bother?
then you're judging way too fast since you're not used to the idea of constantly pedaling. it's because you're "lazy and pampered" in the sense that resting isn't available to you which is something you're used to. just think about it this way, once you get used to "wasting" all that energy and get used to it, imagine how much more you'll have when you go back to your mountain bike
just take it easy at 1st to get the hang of everything. that's why it's said you learn how to ride a bike again when you try a fixed