on 3/3/09 5:17 PM, James Dinneen at jfxdinn...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > The cogs are cheap and easy to install. It takes a while, 3 to 4 rides to get > even minimally familiar with fixed gears. I found it easier to climb but much > harder to spin furiously downhill. It is great fun but can be intimidating in > traffic. Learning to pedal through turns and learning to pedal as you slow > down to anticipate a stop, is interesting. I found it necessary to ride > clipped (or strapped) in. With my feet just resting on the pedals, I sometimes > lost control on even moderate downhills. Overall it is a fun experience and > well worth the twenty or so dollars for a cog. Jim D. Massachusetts
Good points to be sure. I would add two other things to be aware of and one other thought. 1 - You are probably really, really used to standing on leveled pedals when you go over a bump on the pavement. Happily, the cranks will remind you to keep pedaling when you do so. 2 - Accellerating up to warp speed is not the problem. Suddenly realizing that you cannot stop pedaling once you do so can be reasonably disconcerting. A - When turning on a fixed gear, if you are concerned about pedal strike, you can lean more with the body and less with the bicycle. Experiment with that a little bit at slower speeds and you'll see what I mean. http://www.cyclofiend.com/fixed/index.html AASHTA - http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed - Jim "Coasting is _still_ a pernicious habit" -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes "You must be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
