I found riding fixed to be very pleasant - almost zenlike - on smooth, undulating roads & trails. I found it to be torture when the climb or descent surpassed by level of fitness or gearing. I ride a single speed mountain bike with some regularity and have it set up similar to what was suggested earlier - I've picked out an appropriate climbing gear and just freewheel downhill.
On Monday, March 11, 2013 12:38:19 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > > I have always ridden with cleated pedals on my fixes. With all due respect > to those who prefer to ride without cleats, I think there is considerable > danger in trying to keep one's feet on the pedals when descending at high > speed … and once you've lost contact with the pedal at 150rpm, you won't > get back on, and now you have two deadly flails whipping around between > your legs at high speed. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:33 PM, William <tape...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I'm not a fixed gear rider, but I have read many accounts of doing very > ambitious mountain climbs on a fixie. The 100% constant among those > accounts, which I think might be a non-starter for you, is that they all > used clipless pedals. Climbing a hill in a far-too-tall gear is made much > more possible by using both legs at once, one pulling one pushing. As a > barefoot rider, I don't think you can do that. > > On Monday, March 11, 2013 12:06:21 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> The concurrent thread on fixed bikes triggered a question I've long had >> -- how feasible is a fixed gear for living in an area with long, steep >> climbs/descents? What gearing would make sense? In general the climbs range >> from 4-7 mph, descents up to 45mph or more. >> >> There are a lot of other wants and needs before I'd consider purchasing a >> fixed bike, but curiosity reigns. Grin. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.mindyourheadcoop.org/>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.ourholyconception.org/>* >> >> > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
