It's not that coasting is easier, it's that going down steep hills is harder on a low gear if fixed. Once you have a freewheel, that constraint disappears.
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It's not that coasting is easier, it's that going down steep hills is harder on a low gear if fixed. Once you have a freewheel, that constraint disappears.