smirk, it doesn't surprise me that you've got a glaring factual inacurracy in the very first item in your "list". The pedals on a fixed-gear bicycle will turns backwards; what you're describing is a coaster brake. But then... you never do research or fact check your articles. Did this make it into the print version of your "newspaper".

Graham,

Thanks for pointing out that my sentence could be read two ways. You're right, obviously fixed gears can pedal backwards. What I meant was that WHILE LOCKED UP, the pedals on a fixed gear won't turn backwards more than a smidge.

My fixie (we didn't call them that cuz there were no other kind of bikes then) would coast. It had a Bendix brake, which was a much better back brake than a New Departure.