Anyone ride a fixed gear?

[PscyclePath]

I took my first ride on a fixed-gear yesterday afternoon... had been looking for a bike to convert for bike polo, and found a very nice deal on a used fixie from my LBS.

There's no coasting... so you need to look ahead and plan your stops, as well as take turns a lot more gently... you can't coast thru the turn and there's a risk of the pedal striking the ground if you lean the bike too far, and knocking you off. With that in mind it was a pretty nice ride...

I'll be adding a freewheel to it, as well as a rear brake and some slightly lower gears.

[KnottedYet]

I get to borrow a single-speed at times, and I just love it. I ride it where the terrain is fairly flat, and the gear is fairly low anyway, so I don't miss having gears. It feels like being a kid all over again: want to go faster, pedal faster! I love being able to coast, so I've never flipped to the fixed gear side on the bike I borrow.

[kermit]

I bought a steel single speed from bikes direct cheap for my farm road ride in Georgia. That thing is a BLAST! No gears, just pedal and coast when I need to.