Riding with a fixed gear on the road gives you a feeling like no other. You feel intimately connected with the terrain you are riding on.

For ages I resisted, I refused to shave my legs. I would actively make fun of any of my friends who did do it, I just thought it was dumb. 

Then over time, that opinion softened somewhat, then a lot, and now I have silky smooth legs all of the time.

Hell I shaved in the shower earlier today so I would have smooth legs on my non-cycling related work conference in the tropics.

I ride my bike a lot. Not 'pro-level-a-lot', but 300 kilometres a week. I think is a fair bit for a bloke with a full-time job, and a family with 2 small kids under 5.

It takes a shed-tonne of planning, and a solid association with the discipline fairy to make that volume work.