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@Smallfurry
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Your gearing isnt that high, so you should, with practice, be able to control speed with your legs, quite easily. The thing to remember is that once you are going forward at speed, there's a lot of momentum to work against. If you try to lock you legs at speed your going to be thrown all over the place.
Try using both our hand brake and legs at the same time, as you get are used to it. But theres nothing wrong with using a hand brake to stop on a fixed, I know I do.
(I'll take the piss later, when I think of something funny to say)