velocipede - Do you think 'scientific' training isn't hard and unpleasant?
Was the reason you didn't win the national champs because you should have ridden a heavier bike with more bricks? Or a bigger fixed gear? Or for reasons unrelated? Which begs the question, that winning the divs was also unrelated.
@iDave
I didn't win the national champs because I wasn't good enough - you can't "buy" talent no matter how hard the training 
"Scientific training" is certainly hard and unpleasant, but it is also "short"! Therefore is has huge advantages over long miles, fixed wheel, 27" steel wheels, saddlebags and bricks!!!!
Actually - to go back to the OP's question - fixed works really well as a part of a structured training programme - which really means that as a training tool it's probably most valuable when you're training solo and hitting some very personal, tailored training goals. It's also excellent for training on the rollers, again as part of a structured programme.
Just bought cycling weekly, doesn't mention injuries except maybe not a good idea to try and slow down on a long hill using your legs.
And fixed? In a group.. LETHAL. I'd stay well away from someone if they tried to do that.
CW article points out that (before my time) in the 60's club rides were entirely fixed gear. And that the macho posturing didn't come from pushing huge gears, it was from how fast you could pedal (i.e. how small a gear could you get away with). Might have to swap the 58" on the 29er now for something easier as a result (well thats my excuse).
I can already pedal like a madman (cough cough.. Bristol's rollapaluza champion )
Like a lot of people have said i think it's nice just to mix it up a bit and ride a different bike and not have the option of gears.I won't be using solely for winter training
not THE Bristol???!!??
oh yes.. that there THE Bristol innum me babber 
Indeed if you go waaay back, fixies were essential winter bikes. A lot of testing and records were done on fixed.
Was it a UK thing though?
If you want to increase leg strength then just try to keep the bike in one "training gear" for the whole ride. Pick one gear and only change down if your cadence drops below 65-70 and only change up if you start to spin out going down a hill.Isn't that, you know, just normal riding?
Not if, on the hilly bits, you hang onto your training gear for longer than you would on a "normal" ride and also keep seated.
i'd love to find a club with a few fixed riders so i didn't stand out so much. the jokes soon wear thin i can tell you.
i'd love to find a club with a few fixed riders so i didn't stand out so much. the jokes soon wear thin i can tell you.
there's trackdropouts in brizzle who are a friendly bunch
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