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Originally Posted by jyl
I realize this following will make me sound timid, but here goes. How hard is it to ride a fixed gear? One with clipless pedals.
What got me worried about it, was thinking about how I do simple things on my bike. For example, when I stop at a crosswalk, I stop pedaling with my left foot at 6 o'clock and coast to a stop, while uncleating the right, then I get off the saddle and put the right foot down. If I couldn't coast, maybe by the time I got to the desired stopping point, my left foot wouldn't be at 6 o'clock, it might be at 12 o'clock where I'm not used to having it at a stop. I wonder if my brain will freeze up, throw me into spastic flailing, and I'll end up with my head in a storm drain. You know, stuff like that. I am, after all, the guy who fell not 1X, not 2X, but 3X when switching to clipless pedals.
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Unclipping is a breeze-getting back in often involves picking up the back of the bike and spinning around to a clip in point, or riding on a cleat for a few strokes...
What will get ya is the little pauses you do without thinking on a road bike-ie you crest a small rise and pause for a half stroke-the fixie will sorta mule kick you if you do that--I won't tell you about the time I sat up in a track sprint after a spell of road riding and ended up flipping down the front straight...