I've got a birthday coming up and am trying hard not to get an SS/Fixed bike for my commute.
Comments like these are particularly unwelcome.
Comments like these are particularly unwelcome.
yes it's harder, but it builds up the important hamstrings and tendons more, and it's good training....(certainly fixed/strengthened a weak hamstring in my left left leg that 'free wheeled' bikes couldn't).
Fixed wheels teach you to pedal properly.
For me it is definitely the hill climbing that gets better with riding fixed