Originally Posted by Hslater
Marin is a no go in this gear. But I can do Spruce and Euclid and all that to get to the same place. Not quite as many man-points I guess. Have you tried going down Marin, freewhell or fixed? Like a rollercoaster. Frightening.
No man points? I don't know many people that try to climb that hill on a freewheel. I think I did it once to see if I could. The grade scared me climbing up and I couldn't imagine going down it. Euclid is a blast to come down on a freewheel though. And I can imagine how much it burns going up fixed. I never road that far into the hills when I had my fixed up there. I was always off doing road rides and going up Tunnel and down Redwood. Redwood is super fast on a freewheel but I think I couldn't keep up with the cadence going fixed even though it does flatten out considerably.