Big thighs?

Only reservation is about getting off at the lights sharpish like, no-one seems to have answered that one, is it obvious somethnig needs to be sacrificed to have a high powered fixed wheel? A slow start? Is this also why fixers are more likely to cruise up to and then jump lights?
andries as tombola

I built my bike 52-19 , 72.5 gear inches I think. It was my first fixed wheel bike and second road bike.

I could within a couple days achieve optimum speed within one crank revolution simply thanks to the responsive efficent nature of the fixed wheel. This obviously made me quick off the lights, and my best time for my commute went from 25minutes (freewheel road bike) to 11minutes.

Fixed wheel has made me loads loads faster, im a seriously non-athletic person and it has been incredible to be able to ride so fast and in such control too. I can actually overtake car traffic and feel confident to use all road lanes etc , its has been a bit of a revelation. However, I snapped my frame recently, and have been left sulking without access to this joy. Im trying my best to put a bike together fast, life feels wrong without a fixie.