Fixed gear: advice for a newbie?

So I just expanded my bike family and got a fixed gear: a Fuji track SE I found on Craigslist. As I get comfortable with it, I need advice from the more experienced fixed riders. If you could give someone (me) advice on riding fixed, what would you say? Anything you wish you had known when you first started?

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Permalink Reply by Billy Poore on August 12, 2011 at 4:44pm

Soon you will be able to tackle the hills of SF brakeless like these dudes.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ZV6-qDC6A&feature=related

Permalink Reply by Brian on August 12, 2011 at 5:32pm
Okay, I'll bite - Chris, how is riding a fixed gear safer than a multi or freewheel?  I cannot fathom how this could be so.

Chris said:
coasting is for suckers...fixed just gives you way more control on your riding=its safer

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