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I can't think why one would consider anything else but fixed - see attached picture.
Since I haven't really done any racing this year, and I'm doubtful about next year also, I can hardly talk about training. However I feel the need at least to be ticking over.
As a matter of policy I've decided that the riding that I do manage this winter will be mostly done on fixed. This is because I think it is more effective, as training, to ride fixed. So, given limited time, I believe I'm getting more benefit from the restricted mileage I am doing.
Of course, for actual racing men it's slightly different, but all the same most riders have some limit to both time and money - so one obvious advantage of riding fixed is that you are using a more robust bike which costs less to keep up to the mark than a full blown geared road bike.
It seems to me that a distinction between a racing man and an ordinary cyclist is that whereas the non racing cyclist wants the best bike for the job in hand, but if you're intending to race you won't always feel the need to be on the easiest bike for whatever ride you're about to do: a less than perfect machine has the advantage that you are working slightly harder, thereby adding to the dividend that each mile covered will repay you next season.
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