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@justMouse
1+ to that. At least you are fully aware of your speed & stopping potential when spinning fixed.
However, cross lever and track drops doesn't allow you to feather the brakes as easily as hoods. Probably more a psychological factor than it is actually useful but this was the main difference I noticed when switching.