Yep, the great secret of fixed gears is that they make climbing easier.
The other thing they do is make you a bit lazy through the "dead
spot" (12/6 o'clock), as you get used to the momentum carrying you
thought the pedal stroke.
The descent stuff is a great zen practice. Seeing how fast y
When Eric speaks about riding fixed, I press my lips together. That
alone (!) shows the massive difference between his ability and mine.
Patrick "mmphw, mmblmmbl, wmmphm" Moore, who just climbed an epic
several hundred feet, standing, in Rio Rancho, NM, USA
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Eric N
Yes. Gear for gear, a fixed-gear bicycle climbs better than a standard, geared
bike (or a single-speed). I speak from experience, including cresting the
Continental Divide at 11,000 feet.
As Patrick notes, the downhill side of the hill is generally the harder part of
the ride.
--Eric N
On Aug
Someone the other day said that he's interested in fixed gears but
thought that climbing would be too hard. Just came back from a 21 mile
rolling terrain ramble including a 1 mile rather steep hill; this on
the 75" gofast. I swear up and down (heh heh) that climbing that hill,
even the last 1/4 mil
