Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff
FWIW, I use a front brake on my fixed; when braking, I use a combination of back pressure and the front brake.
As for the horribley hilly hundreds, you need to come to the Pacific NW sometime... 900 feet in 3.5 miles - child's play.
On my commute (which I don't do with my fixed), I have a hill which rises over a 1000 feet in a mere 2 miles.
The first profile I had there was from the HHH. I didn't climb that on the Rush Hour. I replaced it with the one I regularly climbed on my 48x15 Rush Hour.
I never doubted that there are hillier hills out there. These certainly aren't the most extreme climbs. I just object to the idea that Wisconsin is flat and one can't use a higher gear ratio unless you never encounter hills.
BTW where is that hill? I'm jealous
