Fess up

Taking a poo where?

Have to admit that at more than 25 mph (about 120 rpm) it gets a bit scary. Being pedantic, I get down to 0 mph.

Not sure what Crazy James finds so funny: that someone might prefer to start off unclipped (it's what I'm used to) or the idea that clips might be worth trying. Or that I jokingly used the expression "raise my game". Whatever.

That you are riding without foot retention in the first place, its both dangerous and stupid on a fixed, brakes or no brakes.

That you are riding without foot retention in the first place, its both dangerous and stupid on a fixed, brakes or no brakes.

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!

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.

That's also my first choice of vengeance, 'the catch up 'n' ride slow' technique.

I've done that - cut up by a van, rode slow until traffic lights, then judged it just right and left on the waning of the green so he was stuck there. Childish pleasure aplenty.