Originally Posted by danielmolloy
I see guys on fast looking road bikes with a ton of gears getting passed by people riding track bikes going up hills. Does this happen to any of you? Just curious as to why a bike with one gear would be faster than a high performance (e)litespeed or such.
Happened on RAGBRAI. A guy on a yellow lugless fixed Mercian passed me on my geared Mercian. We talked a bit and then he just dropped me. Of course, I do tend to live down to my moniker.
