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Since when has riding fixed made a person fitter? Some of the nonsense you hear on this forum cracks me up.

I would have thought that having to constantly pedal would provide a more consistent cardovascular workout.

What I dont understand, is when people claim that you sweat less if you are fitter. OK you should be able to ride at the same pace, at a lower heartrate. But the heart is not the only muscle involved in cycling.

okay I used to be about 16.5 stones 1 years ago, I remember breaking into sweat just by getting in a tube in the evening of the summer when it's not that warm, walking for 10 minutes I break into a sweat, so consequently I break into a sweat after riding a bicycles for more than 5 minutes, and on a fixed wheel bicycles, a lots earlier.

I used to cycle on my old hybrid, I didn't even lose weight, and I had that bike for a year, I always liked singlespeed and the idea of getting a cheap road bike and putting in a fixed wheel seemed fantastically cheap.

the first 2 months was hard on me, but it got a lots easier, when I do 11 miles, I do 11 miles due to the fixed wheel, not about.. 8-9 miles if you included the amount of time that I've coast and have easy gearing.

as of May 2008, I weighted 12 stone, I lost 4 and a half stones simply by riding a fixed wheel bicycles.

so yes, I'm living proof that fixed wheel bicycles does make you fitter (oh and I no longer break into sweat anymore, even in a crowded tube, I didn't even managed to).