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The coaster brake was ok. A little heavy, took some getting used to, but was fine in the wet, in the snow and (very occaisonally) in the dry. My plan was to convert a mountain bike into a commuter/shopper with it, but now its a mountain bike again so i'm gonna just get another back wheel that will work with the disk brakes.
You can't pedal backwards to move the crank, but as you can't do that with fixed either it didn't bother me too much.
You have to get a balance between small cog = more powerful braking but less modulation and big cog = more modulation but you have to pedal back more to stop eventually.
It is rad for skids, a quick stomp on the pedals and your fishtailing everywhere, but equally good for slowing slowly on snow.
Its a bit weird not being able to move the cranks when slowing though...