Originally Posted by
Adam G.
No offense but I find that very hard to believe. Either these roadies don't give a crap that you are there or something is wrong. I road bike as well and when the time comes when a fixed rider beats me on a uphill, downhill or whatever hill, it's time I hang it up.
Most of the hills around here I can go a lot faster on my fixed, it takes way more energy though. I can't keep my cadence as high as I would do on my road bike, but with the higher gear I can go much faster.
When I get to the top I'm physically beat and slow down quite a bit whereas on my geared bike I would have plenty of energy to get my speed back up.
And I'm not going by my personal times I record rather than who I pass, hills are the only places where I go faster on my fixed.