Me and my friends ride multi speed bikes (regular road bikes) because everyone is going fixed. Coasting is fun and we do go long 30+ mile rides. However, I've ridden with a few fixed gear riders, and seen many pass me up going really fast... Am I missing something? I ride quite often, so I don't think I'm the slowest person on a bike, but I do see a good number of fixed gears past me up pretty easily. Does the momentum from a constant moving gear on a fixed really that significant?