sure - Lemond called fixed gear training pointless for road racing... AC's question got me thinking...
and i thought about Yogurt Boy's commute. Up and down on the fixie. Yogurt boy's comments about the sensations, the under gearing, the lugging up the hills.
Got me thinking.
Disclaimer: I ain't ridden a fixie except for my bro's sakai track bike in a parking lot many eons ago.
It would seem that you would actually cover all the optimal points when training. The important strength and high force muscle groups up the hills or starting from a stop. The high speed coordination when you are flying down hill. And everything in between. Gotta be good. No rest means more work. Sort of like pulling a trailer no rest.
Fueling this line of thinking lately has been the switch from a 50t to a 40t on the Paramount. Riding it on Tuesday last week without the trailer showed the rig to be (seemingly for my 'taste') undergeared. And. I wonder. That ain't a bad thing.
Sort of kinda really tempted to set up one of the mt bikes as a winter single speed bike. Almost crazy enough to attempt to get the old giant '89 Chill back as the single. I might even have enough crap laying around to make that work, if i steal a front wheel off one of the Mt Bikes. Single ain't fixie, but... maybe it is the first step. Would be a great winter beater, certainly the heaviest/strongest bike i own. No chance of getting a new frame/bike any time soon. So if i am gonna do something different i gotta make due with what ever i can scrounge from the boxes and tool chest in the bike room... Maybe it is a good January project...
No chance of GeWilli joining the fixie crowd any time soon. He's gonna buy another cross bike long before he gets anything else. And even that will be probably further off in the future than he had anticipated.
GeWilli is done talking in 3rd person ala MIF.
GeWilli is wanting another pot of coffee... but will hold of in the name of making caffeine more effective this weekend!
It is all about this weekend. Like J. ColdBot said... this weekend:
GAME ON
-g
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The new Moveitfred feels more confident in using first person. It's only when he's around those other guys that he regresses, if he recalls correctly.
Torque + RPM = POWER...
mash up a hill on your fxed gear at sub-60 RPM's, spin 210RPM's down the back side and what have you got when you put it together? Power!
Yes you are right you fat, bitter, Lemond you, totally useless for road cycling.
You can mash and spin on a geared bike too. It ain't the bike, it's how you ride it. If a fixed is a fun change of pace and it gets you out there, then by all means go ahead, but there's no magic benefits.
Ya sure, but a bike with a freewheel isn't going to force a rider to spin insane cadences in excess of 200RPM's on downhills.
The magic is in the feel of riding a fixed gear, a geared bike just feels dead in comparison. It's like riding a Unicorn or Centaur then going back to a regular non-magical horse.
I'll take your word for it on the unicorn riding.
Ge, if I come down on Saturday, you want me to bring mine so you can take it for a spin? It's got a 56x17 on it. You'll just need pedals and a 400 mm 27.2 seatpost.
BTW, if you get it up to 200 rpm, that's 52 mph. Don't worry though, I may have been drunk when I glued the tires on two years ago, but they're still secure enough for track racing. Trust me...
i missed all these comments too?
i feel so neglectful...
and yeah solo i know all that can be done on a geared bike...
just saying the temptation to coast is there...
would love to take a spin but me no have time... full schedule both days
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