The purpose of gears is to help you maintain your cadence going up and down hills.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker > Sent: 03 November 2012 14:38 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - Yuriy > > Yes, nailed it, Frank. Crisp and contrasty courier and subtly blurred > bg. Nice! > > Since you mentioned speed and all: question. I though that the height > of bicycle techno-efficiency was reached with the addition of multiple > gears. So what's the deal with fixies? Does simple brute force win the > day? > > I mean, bike/leg-power is most efficient within a range of rotations > per minute, so the gears optimize the coupling there. With the fixie > you must be standing off your seat at low speeds and reducing your > spinning legs to invisibility at high speeds. WTF? > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know I've been posting a lot of bike messenger pix of late but when > I see one of my buddies zipping by it's hard not to snap. > > > > I kind of feel like I really nailed this one. It's pretty much full > frame (trimmed a teensy bit off the left to get him a bit more off- > centre). Here's Yuriy: > > > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/11/juri.html?m=0 > > > > As you can see he's one of those crazy trackbike-with-no-brakes guys. > He's real fast: routinely finishes top five in our local messenger > races. > > > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > > > Cheers, > > frank > > > > "If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
