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@atomicules
The thing is, with ice and snow comes other crap weather like insane winds. So although fixed might be great and all for control over ice, it's "not great" into a 60mph gusting headwind. Also climbing icy hills, a geared bike will allow you to keep your bum on the saddle, whereas with fixed you've got to stand and hope you don't slip. And running studded tyres, etc, again it'd be nice to drop down a gear from what you rode with slicks.
I'm coping with the ice and snow on fixed, with the headwinds and the slow studded tyres, but I so wish I had some gears at the moment.