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Apparently not a thing but I'm sure I can feel a difference too, with fixed. You get it up to speed and there's that... inertia? I guess, where it seems happier staying at speed than a geared bike. Like you put effort in to get fast, but then less effort to stay fast.
I suspect that it's because a fixed-gear forces your legs to spin once it's up to speed and, unless you're actively resisting the motion of the pedals, your legs are probably still adding a bit of power. So you're never really coasting.
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Apparently not a thing but I'm sure I can feel a difference too, with fixed. You get it up to speed and there's that... inertia? I guess, where it seems happier staying at speed than a geared bike. Like you put effort in to get fast, but then less effort to stay fast.