Originally Posted by
mattm
Nothing wrong with fixed gear riding - it makes you stronger, and taught me how to spin fast.
Downhills are interesting when using your legs to brake - I never did a pass fixed though. Doing two back to back centuries on one was enough for my knees to say "never again." Though I should break it out for the local velodrome some time.
What kind of frame/wheels mattm? I had to sell mine last semester when I was broke and needed a new crankset for my roadbike. I had fun on that thing doing long-ish z2 road rides and just tooling around the driveway/neighborhood when I needed a break from studying. Even did some tempo on it here and there over the early part of spring.
And BTW haven't you done 10 races yet???? Or are alot of those reports training/practice crits?