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Old 06-30-10 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Vixtor
Can you kindly elaborate?
There's no difference between the torque you can produce on a freewheeling vs. a fixed gear singlespeed. In either case, it's almost always less than what you can get out of the small ring on a triple. Ergo, proper quick releases work perfectly fine on fixed gears, so whether the bike can coast or not makes no difference at all.

*Edit: Sorry. It doesn't make no sense, just implies something of a myth.

Last edited by Yellowbeard; 06-30-10 at 12:08 AM. Reason: "chain tension" replaced with "torque"
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