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Old 03-22-09 | 11:12 AM
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Matt Pendergast
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From: North Bend, Washington State

Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway

weekend ride reports?

Here's mine:
I'm a newcomer to fixed gear riding. Going on week 3. Saturday was my most ambitious so far, riding a 78 mile loop from North Bend to Woodinville. My inital plan was to turn around at Carnation but it was such a nice day I kept extending the turnaround point finally deciding on Woodinville when I got a call from my wife asking where I was. Riding home, I found myself thinking about climbing the Snoqualmie Falls hill on a 74 inch gear, worrying if I'd have the gas to get up it smoothly with cars whizzing close by. It turned out to be much easier than I had anticipated though I was pretty much spent by the time I got home.

Its pretty suprising how riding on a fixed gear makes a very familiar route seem altogether new and challenging.
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