I was giving your question some thought and although I've never ridden mtb fixed, I have ridden about 2,000 miles of trail on my 29+ over the past couple years. One thing I've noticed with 29+ is that holding momentum is key. I've found that you've got to accelerate earlier and with more effort through corners and up and down the rollers in order to hold your speed on the flats. Although it feel like more work at times, it kinda evens out because those big wheels carry the momentum well since they aren't hampered as much by rolling over roots and rocks. The way I ride is that I hammer at the top of rollers and just kinda steamroll though any trail chatter, mongolian stlye, in order to get me up the other side. We've got a lot or rollers and short/intense climbs here where I ride. the same goes with rockgardens and root bunches, I just point 'n shoot and unweight my bike as much as possible and try to let let the tires do the work. I'm not sure you'd be able to do that in quite the same way while riding fixed, is that right?
So what I trying to say, is that those techniques that I use that seem to make 29+ work for me, all involve coasting! -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
