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It is just like anything else. If you want to get good and feel confident you need to ride it. It took me a while to find a comfortable combination of gearing but I stuck with it, watched a lot of you tube tips, and I just love riding fixed. I use it for all of my around town errands as well as going out sometimes just for fun. It is a great skill to learn and I believe enhances your skills for other types of riding. I do have a front brake but have figured out many of the subtle tricks and rarely need to use it. As mentioned earlier, try it again out in an empty parking area. Practice doing figure 8s, slow circles, and emergency stopping. Stay off the street until you feel comfortable. As far as stopping pedaling goes, if you are regularly riding any other bike than the fixie, once in a while you are going to forget. Learning to ride through that is another bit of the skill.
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