Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
I was tempted to do it this year on my track only bike since crashing my road bike, but the minimum gear I have is 46X15, and was kind of concerned it would be a *****.
I totally kow what you are saying about attacking like hell on hills. I've been riding my track bike with a bunch of my roadie friends and feel like a dick when I make an attack up a hill, especially when we are on easy rides with a lot of beginners.
Yeah i did The Texas Hill Country Ride for AIDS last april fixed (48-16) and had to attack hills. I would blaze past roadies during the first 1/2 of the hill, but at the top we would be getting there the same time, although they were still more winded then me
. It was a great ride, there were only 2 decents that were a little tricky but rather than get as much speed as i could down them to carry me through to the next hill i just let out a long ass skid about mid way down to control my speed. All the roadies looked at me in amazement as to why i would be skidding down a hill.
Gonna do it this year too, but im gonna be riding 50-17, 48-16 just a little too tough for this terrain.