Originally Posted by
RubberDucks
I already ride my bike every day to work and back and out to the bar and to my girlfriends. I was getting really good at trackstanding with a freewheel using the front brake, now I have to learn all over again. but I will be riding every say so long as it doesn't pour all month like it did last month
You're ahead of the curve by a little bit then, but as you've probably noticed the feel of riding fixed is WORLDS apart from your trusty geared bike.
Hell, I finally got my touring bike back in shape last week after it being out of action for almost 8 months (and so riding just the fixed since then), and I nearly fell over trying to take off on it.
It's not quite learning to ride a bike all over again, but it definitely still takes getting used to.
Oh, and practice skidding on grass. Traction goes way down, so you can get a feel for it even if your legs aren't quite strong enough to skid on pavement.