Originally Posted by Leo C. Driscoll
Sounds like an elegant solution! As you suggest, a test would be ascending Independence Pass heading eastward from Aspen.
http://www.altrec.com/published/cycl...ependencepass/
Since I had problems coaxing a friend's Toyota Corolla to reach the summit, there is (for some cars and road bikers) an added problem. "Oxygen is energy and there isn't much oxygen"
http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen1/skiRoaming.html
So cranking up the Continental Divide on a 4-gear fixie seems to call for an additional line in your "haiku".
One gear in front,
One gear in back,
No coasting.
No breathing.
What don't you understand?
You are right in that respect. I think that you need about 2 weeks to acclimate yourself to the effects of higher altitude. I guess hauling a Hyperbaric (sic.) chamber On a BoB trailer would solve that issue, but would detract from the "Elegant Simplicity" of the fixed gear concept.
Fixedgearhead