> I'm curious--why would someone prefer to commute on a fixed-gear bike?
> It seems like making a lot of extra work for yourself! 
> 
> Mystified,
> Howard

Some of us find it, well, fun!

This is one of the better (kinda long) explanations of the feel of a
fixed gear bike that I've found:

<http://www.abstractdynamics.org/archives/2005/05/27/visceral_aesthetics
_fixed_gear.html>

Don

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