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It is is pretty easy - on flats - but I really do prefer to spin up hills rather than mash. On fixed I'll probably get a 16t cog rather than 18t, because I'll have the bike's momentum to help climb that you don't get on a ss.
I went out for a 20-odd mile ride yesterday and tried things you had suggested:
scooping the pedals through the stroke - definitely works. where you have the pause of the cranks when they get to the top, if I kind of drag or scoop the pedals through it minimises the bounce a bit.
thinking circles - helps but not as much as scooping.
Nah, I don't have a springy saddle. Nice bontrager race one instead.