Backwards Circle On A Fixie

I don't ride my fixie as much as I used to, now that I'm getting into longer distance rides and climbs like Cougar Mountain - but sometimes I break out my old miyata (converted) fixed gear bike and go for a spin. I'll never get tired of the tricks that you can do on fixies (with some practice, of course): track stands, backwards circles, and more.

Here's an old vid (from a year or so ago) of me doing a backwards circle on my miyata fixie, soon after I learned the trick:



I recently perfected trackstands on a freewheeled bike, I'll have to get that vid up here soon... haven't seen that one on youtube yet.

STP on a fixie in one day?

back in 2005 i did the 206-mile STP on my track bike (gearing: 14x40, or about 75 gear inches), but that was the two-day trip.

for 2007 i'm thinking about the one day option. anyone out there done it on their fixed-gear in one day? what gear size did you use?

i'm tempted to just ride my road bike with a nice gear range, which would be faster, but it just wouldn't be the same...