Originally Posted by Mazaev

It's fun. I did the NYC century on my old Pista last year and had no issues at all, riding about 130 miles that day. Just that my hands were quite sore. Think I'm gonna be a bit of a masochist and try doing the 145 mile Montauk century this weekend on the new TK2 but I'm a bit worried about the somewhat stupidly aggressive track geometry beating me up.

gottliver: What gearing are you planning to use? I normally have 48x17 for getting around town, and a 15 for hanging with the roadies in Prospect Park. Trying to decide between the 15 or a 16. It's a very flat ride, and I'm hoping to find a fast paceline off the bat, but think I'm gonna fatigue myself with the 15 a little too quick.

On the whole though, I really enjoy the extra challenge in doing longer rides fixed. My road bike is properly fitted and set up to be very comfortable, which somehow makes things a bit boring. I'd say most important is to have proper saddle position, as the repetitive and non-stop pedaling of long distance rides will really screw with your knees if you're not set up properly. Just ask slvoid. :-)