Originally Posted by
pbass
Yeah, I was out on it this weekend on some narrow singletrack cut along the edge of a steep hill, and if I couldn't stop pedaling at times to keep the hill-side pedal up it woulda been pretty sketchy--like, pedal strike, and down I go! So, maybe this won't make sense for me, as it'll actually restrict the kind of riding I'm used to doing on this rig.
Riding fixed-gear offroad is fun, but technical trails impose limits. It's bad enough trying to time a downstroke for an uphill ledge, but "crabbing" a pedal on a section of trail like the one you're describing can be disastrous. The first thing I learned riding fixed on the road was to choose my routes carefully. This is doubly true on dirt.