CityConnection
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Yeah, while I do not currently have a fixie (and right now the hipster connotations and my curent overgrowth of bikes are keeping me from getting another until I move), there is something beautiful about the raw transfer of power that a fixed gear provides.
If you build up a bike with solid parts everywhere (no wiggle in the headset, wheels, bottom bracket) and rig it with a fixed gear, you end up with a bike that has no play in any part including the pedals...just pure man powered machine.
They arwe also good for training you not to coast so much
I guess the gears are like a car. You lose power from the engine to the wheels. Hopefully I get to pick up the bike before the weekend.