Originally Posted by
79pmooney
Ride with some slack in your chain and go down fast hills (keeping the top run of the chain tight). Also ride up seated as much as possible. And use some discipline. The vets in my club told me to ride fixed 45 years ago. I've never regretted it. When my pedal stroke needs work, I get back on it. (But I've never ridden heavy wheels outside of big tired gravel.)
So riding a fixie doesn't give you a better pedal stroke. Riding a fixie with the intent to specifically work on your pedal stroke gives you a better pedal stroke. Sure, I can get with that.