Originally Posted by
FixieManchester
Hi There,
Recently I bought my first fixie and have been riding it every day commuting to and from work, it's great, however the back wheel isn't running true.
Unfortunately I do not know that much about bikes & i'm looking for a new wheelset and gearing;
I'm looking at getting as new wheelset as the one I am using at the moment, the rear isn't running true. I have around a £150 budget, any good recomendations for a reliable wheelset?
The current gearing is 73.5 high side (53, 19) I am finding this too hard to maintain my speed over 25mph without my legs spinning like CRAZYYY, so my questions is, Decreasing my rear sprocket to an 16 or 17 T will help right?
It does not matter what gearing you are running... maintaining 25 mph is something you need to train hard for and even then, not many folks can do it for any period of time and it is harder to do on a fixed gear if you aren't riding on a track and have to deal with environmental conditions.