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Originally Posted by McLovin
My son did it for a while.
It's an interesting sensation. You can do some tricks that you can't do on a regular bike (since you can pedal it backwards, etc.)
But IMO it makes no sense on a street bike. It also can be quite dangerous in an emergency situation. But the biggest thing is it's just no fun on the street.
I made sure the bike my son bought had a flipflop hub on the back (fixed on one side, freewheel on the other), since I knew it wouldn't be long before he wanted it to freewheel again. It took about 3 months.
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Can attest to that. On a mass bike ride through UCLA campus about a month ago someone with a "fixie" came upon an unexpected substantial road downward slope. He lost control of his bike and crashed into a masonry wall. He did not survive the crash.