Originally Posted by
RCMoeur
I may be more relaxed than the 'typical' fixie rider, so I run a 38 / 18. I do have a 17% grade I have to climb & descend in order to leave my neighborhood to the west, so I've adapted to be able to spin reallllly fast during the descent. If I ran a 46 / 16 the descending would be less of an issue, but I'd be a lot less happy most of the rest of the time.
Do you have the option to unclip from your pedals on the descent?
That's something I adopted 5~ yrs ago.
Works for this old man trying to get max mileage from a 10+ yr old partial knee replacement.
Just make sure your descent is safe, I have 2 brakes.