Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Riders?

[blackcannon]

Any singlespeed/fixed gear riders out there from the Triangle area? Just wondering cause I just moved out here and find it hard enough getting around on my early 80's 6 speed Bianchi...Couldn't imagine riding around single with a the hills...

[bats]

I live in Greensboro. It's a little less hilly here.

[gnarlsbukowski]

I'm from Durham but living in chicago. You see a good few fixies around 9th street and duke campus. Don't know how, but I've seen at least one guy getting around Durham brakeless. Yikes

[JeffS]

I'm in Raleigh and recently bought a fixed. Raleigh's pretty flat, although there's a 2 mile hill at each end of my commute route that's a little tough to climb and I spin out going down. Still experimenting with the gears.

It was 48/20 when I bought it. I've since gone to 48/18, then 48/17. On a non-windy day I could probably drop to 16. I did about 20 miles today to the gym and back and the wind in my face on the hills had me struggling a little bit.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck out in the suburbs for now. Prettymuch the only cyclists I see are parents out with their kids in the neighborhood. I think I've seen three or four commuters ever, and only one of them more than once. I know all the roadies are out in the country around Falls Lake, but I haven't been into that kind of riding lately.

[veggiemafia]

I live in Greensboro. It's a little less hilly here.

Dude, really? I got my B.A. at Guilford in 2005. Cool.

[norskagent]

I live in Garner and ride there and in raleigh...I commute occasionally + ride for fun. One of my favorite urban loops goes from downtown up to north hills and back, it's hilly but manageable @ 48/17. Take st. mary's st. to lassiter mill, either climb lassiter mill up to north hills (long & grindy) or go left on scotland and make your way through old-raleigh neighborhoods up to north hills.

[nayr497]

I have friends in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Durham and visit them all the time. It has never seemed that hilly to me, but maybe I just haven't seen enough of the area. And, I've never biked there, just been driven around, so maybe I have an unreal perception of things. I have a friend who would like to ride more there, but the road system can make it tough to get places, with the many busy freeway-style roads.

[kingtubby]

I ride 48/16 in Raleigh... It's fairly hilly on my side of town (NCSU area) but certainly manageable.

Any of you locals want to get together for a ride sometime in the near future? I don't have many (well, any) cycling buds around here...

[kingtubby]

I refuse to let this thread die. Come on RDU people... group ride sometime in the future? Or just meet at a bar somewhere and shoot the breeze?

[norskagent]

I'll ride witcha sometime...just not this week, too frikkin cold.
Mtn. bike or fixy, just not on weds or sats, unless it's high summer.
also...the north raleigh all star bike shop does weekly fixed rides, check with them...

[brunop]

I live in Greensboro. It's a little less hilly here.

greensborough representin' here too. born and bred in g'boro. livin' in boston and nyc now though!!