I hate to say it but back in the days of my youth I when I had ride my fixie down steep descents I would just put my feet on the shoulders of the fork crown and let the cranks spin menacingly below me. I always had brakes, though and would slow down enough at the bottom to catch up with the cranks. Something I would not advise and wouldnt do nowadays but it was fun at the time, haha.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > Wow. Nice. Someday I'd love to give that a try! > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Monday, March 11, 2013 6:11:48 PM UTC-6, Philip Williamson wrote: >> >> On Sunday, the Quickbeam and I climbed 1000 feet on Pressley Rd in >> Sonoma, and descended Sonoma Mt Rd. Flat pedals, no retention except grip >> tape. >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**philipwilliamson/8547042814/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/8547042814/> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**philipwilliamson/8525218381/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/8525218381/> >> >> Brakes, and the Surly Dingle cog made it feasible. I used 42x15 to get to >> the climb, flipped the wheel to climb in 42x21, and shifted to the smaller >> Dingle cog to descend in 42x17. On the climb I did a lot of traversing, >> which makes the grade less steep. >> >> I think you'd really like the 'stop-start' feel of fixed. Just keeping a >> multispeed drivetrain in the same gear feels different from a dedicated >> singlespeed, at least to me. >> >> Philip >> www.biketinker.com >> >> >> On Monday, March 11, 2013 2:13:48 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, Shoji. I have a single speed now. 24 of them actually. Grin. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> On Monday, March 11, 2013 2:50:48 PM UTC-6, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Patrick, >>>> I enjoy riding fixed, but I also like my geared bike. >>>> >>>> To tickle your curiosity, you may want to consider getting a rear wheel >>>> with the Whitehead Industries ENO hub. It's a fixed/free hub designed for >>>> vertical dropouts (which I think Hunqapillar has?). >>>> http://www.whiteind.**com/rearhubs/singlespeedhubs.**html<http://www.whiteind.com/rearhubs/singlespeedhubs.html> >>>> >>>> Kent Peterson did the Great Tour Divide on a single speed ( >>>> http://kentsbike.blogspot.**com/2010/01/tour-divide-** >>>> frequently-asked-questions.**html<http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2010/01/tour-divide-frequently-asked-questions.html>), >>>> which won't turn crank arms/pedals into "deadly flails whipping" around. >>>> Single-speed is nice, too. >>>> >>>> Shoji >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 11, 2013 3:06:21 PM UTC-4, 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* >>>>> *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-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. > > > -- 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.
