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At OP:
Take one look at the stolen bikes thread if you believe that fixed are more difficult to steal, they are not.
It doesn't take any special mythical skill to ride a brakeless fixed-wheel bicycle away down a flat, empty road in Dalston.
If the average bike theft played out like some gritty Police drama and you were able to give chase to the thief through Piccadilly or some busy thoroughfare, then maybe said thief would get into difficulty when attempting to escape and outmanoeuvre the pissed fixie-posse closing in on him.
The only skill in fixed gear riding is displayed when riding your bike at speed through traffic, and talking a gang of shit on the internet about loving the connectedness of the ride.
Oh yeah, and going round in circles, backwards.