Ian, a few caviate emptors and ymmvs regarding me and fixed. As near as I can tell very few ride fixed mountain biking and almost nobody is riding fixed bikepacking (which I will be, as soon as I can get the Hunqapillar shifted to fixed. Still puzzling that one out). Also, I’m weird. A lot of that weirdness made the transition to fixed simple and easy and a huge step forward without any bumps typical to the accounts I read online. I floor live, which, among other things gives me a very strong core and flexable hips (essential for stand/squatting while pedaling). I have contstant neurological vertigo as part of my bludgeoned brain — I can only ride a bike because I wear as close to no footwear as I can get away with (aka minimalist), and my proprioceptive system is free to know where I am in space though my brain hasn’t a clue (I suspect this made the transition to fixed much easier).
Is fixed brilliant? Yes. It also requires an adjustment willfully entered into (riding exclusively fixed eliminates the “noise” of switching back and forth — though certainly not essential). It also requires adjusting one’s expectations for downhill speed (less) and effort (more), best entered into by discovering the view during the downhill as opposed to the watery-eyed tunnel vision. Grin. No free miles. Dive in! Eyes open! Be delighted! No matter what, you’ll learn, a lot. Grin. With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
