Commuting by SS/FG

I commute 22 miles a day fixed - and there's really not much difference at all between going fixed and geared.

I'm a bit slower riding fixed than I am on a geared bike, and because the pedals are always rotating you can't squeeze through tight gaps between cars and the curb - but that's a bad habit you're better off without anyway.

You can, although sometimes it means the left foot coming out of the clips to kick off the curb/lamppost/whatever.

I've found that cycling geared or fixed makes absolutely no difference to my speed commuting across London (17 mile round trip). So I commute fixed.