View Single Post
Old 10-05-19, 12:19 PM
  #1  
Maslin
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 38
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 17 Post(s)
Liked 11 Times in 6 Posts
First FG, Pedaling Through Turns?

Recently put together my first fixed gear, a LeMond Spine frame custom spec’d by someone around 2005. Had a paddywagon 10 years ago or so, never got up the gumption to switch the wheel.

I commute a Salsa Journeyman 650b, 18 miles a day. Recently switched over from spd-sl to eggbeaters for a little extra give and walk-ability.

So my issue... had a good slide across the pavement on the way home Thursday on the Salsa. Pedaling through a right turn I clipped a pedal and immediately went sideways. Easy solution, don’t pedal through turns.

What’s the solution with a fixed gear? Slow down? Eggbeater clearance sucks switch back to spd-sl? Rock the single speed forget about it?

Both bikes have 170mm cranks. Specs say 72mm bb drop on the Salsa, 70mm on the LeMond.

I’m not young enough to bounce and rally too many more times

Last edited by Maslin; 10-05-19 at 12:29 PM.
Maslin is offline