One look at a retractable and you can see why. (click image for larger view).
The gear does not fold right away and so creates quite a bit of drag even in the retracted position.
So much so that it is slower than the fixed gear version - by about 5-10 knots.
And it costs 3,219 euro more for the retractable option - plus about another 100 hours added to the build time.
All in all a bit of a no-brainer.
Also I just found out from the factory that the fixed gear comes with the prettier and more streamlined tailwheel - that looks like this.
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