In all fairness a little realized hazard of fixed gear bikes is that if your clothes get caught in the chain going down a hill or you clip a pedal while in a tight turn really bad things can happen too. Oh and if you're working on the bike and put your finger in the cog you can lose a finger.
I clipped a pedal turning really sharply trying to avoid a car when I was a kid. The whole bike lifted up and spun around and I did an amazing face plant, blood was everywhere. Pretty nice scar from that whole episode. It was amazing, if my father (the medic) was on TDY, my mom (the non-medic who hates the sight of blood) could count on one of us busting ourselves up pretty good and a trip to the ER with her holding a blood-soaked towel over something.
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