Sounds like my ride - I've been commuting on my QuickBeam since fall of 2011, most frequently on the fixed 16T cog. I also have a 17/19 freewheel, which really helps on long descents. It took me a couple weeks to unlearn coasting through turns, and now it feels perfectly fine and normal to pedal my entire route. The only things that bug me are red lights in traffic, and going uphill.
And I have been riding with BullMoose bars for a month now, and I like 'em... - Andrew, Berkeley On Monday, March 11, 2013 8:28:17 AM UTC-7, David Spranger wrote: > > 50 years old and I had never tried fixed gear, so I built a fixed/free > wheel for my SimpleOne over the weekend. Not sure I am in love with fixed, > but I will give it a couple of weeks before flipping it to the free side. > Think I will have to relearn habits. I have a couple of big hills to roll > down on the way to work and I picked up speed too fast. My legs did not > like spinning so fast. > > Put on a set of Bullmoose bars as well. I am definitely liking them more > than the mustache I had on there (though I do still like the mustache). > > David > Charlotte, NC > -- 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.
