Originally Posted by
Steel Charlie
That's just a multi speed bike with a really inconvenient shifting mechanism.
And all that gas about how making life difficult being somehow enobling ... Well, go for it. It only reminds me of the Monty Python monks bashing themselves on the head with the holy boards.
Have a nice day
No. It is a fix gear with a choice of ratios. Freewheeling is fundamentally different. Go do 5 450 mile Cycle Oregons on a fix gear, bring all the cogs you want and change to your heart's content then come back here and tell me I am wrong. (Well, you missed the chance. The week-long COs are gone for good. So just go out and do a 9,000' of climbing day fixed. Then find 3 more days of 5000' plus. You'll see that never, ever being able to coast is fundamentally different. And you will ever after look at the freewheel life as being the softer, easier way. Or you might not finish that ride or find it is just too hard You can step up and prove me wrong. And after, if you did it all, you can look back and compare, which was more real, that ride on a fix gear or that ride with the freewheeling. Bet you'll be more proud of the fixed version.)