Originally Posted by
EjustE
Either of these bikes will be better for a metric century that a fixie or an MTB.
That's what I figured, thanks for the reassurance.
cycling a metric on a fixie is masochism
Well, I've done back-to-back real centuries on my fixie, and it went much better than I expected. It was actually in the same region as the Gran Fondo we're planning to do. I was concerned about my legs pumping up and burning out, but it was just a lot of fun and I was surprised at how fresh I finished.
And this summer I'm planning to do a 6-day ride from Toronto to MTL (so a metric every day for 6 days) on that same FG bike. It should be fun. I'm riding that one with my wife - now, I'm not fast by any means, but I'm faster than she is, so riding that one fixed will make it a bit more enjoyable to match her pace.