Exactly what you said. I don't ride fixed...I admire those who do, but I really, really love riding the PX-10 as an SS. Now, granted, in Winnipeg, we do not have any real seroius hills but we do have wind. I usually will coast a bit on slight downhills , to stretch and move around , but I try not to coast otherwise. I can see where riding fixed would make you stronger and smoother, but even riding a single-speed freewheel helps me , I think.It puts me in a nice Zenlike state. My gear ratio will impress no-one. I'm running a 20 WI ENO on the back, and I run the middle ring of an XTR crank (on one of those VO press-fit BBs)...so the middle ring is probably a 36. With a tailwing or a downhill grade, I'll spin out...but that's OK. I have a bit of a dodgy right knee, so this combo works for me for road and gravel riding.. Fixed or free, there's a purity and simplicity to riding one gear that I just love Ryan in Winnipeg On Sunday, May 11, 2014 3:07:16 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
> For me the fun comes from having to adapt and pace yourself to conditions, > rather than modifying conditions, to some extent, by different ratios. It's > half skill at anticipating, knowing your limits, and pacing yourself so > that you don't fall over and die half way up a steep hill, and half just > the ego-inflating fun of beating a hill or a wind without conceding > anything by gearing down. > > To these two halves, you add another quarter or so that comes from the > pure simplicity of it all. 125% pure fun! > > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Michael <john1...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> It does sound fun to ride without shifting. >>> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis > > ************************************* > > "In yourself right now is all the place you've got." > Flannery O'Connor > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
