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@benjamin1750
Well, I think I'm going to go for it.
I'll get it SS and maybe experiment over the weekend with using it fixed.
This is probably a stupid question, but:
With a geared bike, you pull the derailleur thing back to make the chain slack when you're taking off the rear wheel, but of course this isn't possible on a fixed gear... so is there some trick I need to know to take the wheel off to turn it round into fixed? I don't need to undo the chain with a chain-breaker or whatever, do I?
One of the things that's encouraged me to get a SS is the idea that I may be able to service the bike myself [gulp, I'm just rubbish at these things]. Is there a book/DVD/web resource that you can recommend to learn this stuff?
Thanks for any input.
PS: I might just buy the bike fixed rather than SS. So if I don't post anything over the coming days and you see one of those yellow accident signs somewhere between Spitalfields and Wapping, that was me... :)