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@Crankenstein
+1
Once every 3 months or so I get out on a road bike and spend the first half hour of the ride trying to adjust to it (gears? brakes? COASTING?!)
When I switched to fixed I started off knocking around the park in evenings and switching back to SS for the commute. First speed bump I went over was hilarious, went up out the saddle to coast over it, forgetting my legs had to keep going.
Surprised and shocked as I pitched forward and nearly started making out with the pavement.
It's that kinda of crap that you go through that makes riding fixed all the more addictive :)