Originally Posted by
TheSodaJerk
Your main complaints are valid, to an extent. Fixed gear riding is not tailored for your enviornment, I'll be the first to say that. But that also doesnt mean it isnt a great training technique. One possible solution is to keep a larger toothed freewheel on a flip flop hub, for getting up large hills.
Another is to get out and ride, I remember the first time I rode a fixed, I tried to light a cigarette and ate it out of nowhere. Theyre very different than other modern bikes, but they are no more dangerous once you have learned to ride them. I know I took a long time to become proficient on a geared bike, and I adapted to fixed gear very quickly. Plus everything I employ on a fixed transitions right back to a geared/freewheel bike.
You had a valid point, but youre also looking for an argument.
i never used one for taining on the raod, i bought it for getting around the inner city in a fun way, but if i did use it for training i'd still know its limitations. one of the reasons i lurked an didnt register to chat here was seeing the threads about how fixies are supposedly better and faster, like the guy ken cox who clams they have "more control". that stuff is ridiculously silly. but registering let me in on the best thing about registering, the ignore feature