Single-speed vs fixie | Why fixed-gear bikes are ridiculous, except for these three things

I've always found the idea of using a fixed-gear bike in a city to be fundamentally absurd. But then how to explain the cult of fanatics who love fixies? To try and better understand that cult, I decided to give a fixie another try, and to give it a close comparison to the fixie's sibling, the single-speed.

What I found was that, yes, fixies are fundamentally ridiculous. Except for these three things, which are helping me better understand the cult.

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