Geared Bike so Much Harder Than Fixed?

slamm [quote]hippy It's hard to tell because when doing long rides geared I tend to ride faster down the hills, using up more energy rather than just spinning along. On the fixed though I often think "mmm a nice bit of coasting would be good here" :)

exactly what I was thinking on the last stretch of Dunwich ;-)[/quote]

It was the 50k before the feed station that I was thinking it.. the run to home I was quite excited about so wasn't so bothered. Dunwich!!!! :D