Agreed. I bought a Charge Plug a few weeks ago. Rode it SS for a week, then flipped it round and rode it fixed with platform pedals for a week. Hills (going down) became a terrifying experience. I live in Crystal Palace and my first long ride fixed started off descending down Anerley Hill. It almost put me off fixed, then I stuck some spd pedals on and I am loving it! Going down hills is now fun filled spinfest.
Do it. Do it now!
Yep, and if you want to know why its such a bad idea, go down to your local gym, get on a spinning bike. Now - dont use the toe straps or the clips, I'm watching ya - get that fucker up to about 130 rpm and then slip one foot off the front of a pedal. That way you get to feel the exquisite pain of an unstoppable pedal smashing into and then grinding down your calf/achilles tendon/heel. Its a much safer environment to try this experiment as you wont have to experience the smashing into the tarmac that would likely follow out on the road in front of a car/bus/hgv.
Yep, and if you want to know why its such a bad idea, go down to your local gym, get on a spinning bike. Now - dont use the toe straps or the clips, I'm watching ya - get that fucker up to about 130 rpm and then slip one foot off the front of a pedal. That way you get to feel the exquisite pain of an unstoppable pedal smashing into and then grinding down your calf/achilles tendon/heel. Its a much safer environment to try this experiment as you wont have to experience the smashing into the tarmac that would likely follow out on the road in front of a car/bus/hgv.