Originally Posted by
Gurgus
I pull my two 35 pound boys in a bike trailer behind my fixed gear bikes.
Wow! *where's the super impressed smiley*
Originally Posted by
Gurgus
Think of it this way. Riding fixed gear is like driving a manual car in third gear all the time. Low enough to get lots of torque, but high enough to get decent speed, depending on your ability to spin which increases the more you ride.
Sorry,
re-cycler, but THAT'S ^^^ a good car analogy.
Why not give it a try? I know you'll like it. You just might get hooked and become a fixed gear elitist and forget all about geared bikes, like me. All you have to lose are your misconceptions. [/QUOTE]
Was the OP saying that they were flat out anti-fixed? Or were they just curious?