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Yes, you are probably right. Controlled tests would be the only way of knowing. However, I would still think that more energy would have to be used to maintain the same average speed on a fixed/singlespeed. Otherwise why would people use gears? (gears are there to make it easier/faster/more efficient which means less energy required for same speed doesn't it)

A lot of TTers race on fixed, but train on gears. If fixed was "harder" or "less efficient" then it'd be the other way around!

Cadence isn't really a limiting factor on power (unless you are in completely the wrong gear).