Kevin, no need to imagine. Give it a go! Grin. You’ll be surprised at what is ridable, and of course the key to fixed is to ride till you can’t, walk till you can. Grin.
“I REALLY love the extra challenges of rock gardens, obstacles, skinnies, etc. but fears of my own mortality keep me pretty well grounded.” Spot on, Ken! Riding fixed on trails encourages riding within one’s means, and that is one of the gifts I love about it. And, in the event I do screw up, I’m not going damaging speeds. Grin. I find the rock gardens and obsticles are often easier fixed than geared, all depending on the details of the terrain. Some places I could go up in really low, freewheel gears, I walk fixed, but fixed gear smooths out jouncy climbing amazingly, and I ride more areas I couldn’t geared because of this and what I call the fly wheel effect (whether or not that’s a thing, I feel something that makes a huge difference). Andy, wow. That would be fun to try. Grin. Easily doable fixed. LCG. Grin. Pedalable? Not likely straight up unless trail gear is low enough. I can’t tell the grade on that, but I go up 20˚+ slopes on trails, albeit not long ones. 15-20˚ is pedalable for sustained stomping (57” Quickbeam, 47” Hunqabeam). That looks possibly pedalable with some switchbacking, which of course requires lateral clearence of traffic and other riders. Apart from oxygen, my biggest challenge climbing is often traction. Loose stuff is tricky as I can’t stand and pedal for power while also weighting the rear wheel. I have to sort of stand with weight in the saddle, and that’s a bit tricky. Great looking bike, Lyle! There is a simple delight in never having to fiddle with unnecesary bits like derailures, shifters, that I imagine makes traveling with a bike more of a breeze. John, I ride Compass Steilacooms. Grippy knobs, great on all surfaces, and plush, supple tires ride wider than they are, feeling more like 2” tires than 38mm. My standard ride is 1/3 each paved, dirt road/MUP, and singletrack. They wear more quickly than a less high performance tire, but I still get about 3000 miles out of my rear tire (I don’t track milage, but that is estimating my daily average and multiply8ing by days of use). You can see them in snow action here: https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/coffeeneuring-challenge-2018 and here: https://thegrid.ai/withabandon/six-inches-of-fresh-powder-and-a-brisk-day 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.
