Single speed riding with stinkin' roadies.
08-04-06, 04:11 PM
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we do a 50 mile fixed ride north of SF every tuesday...usually have 1 or 2 roadies with us....but its friendly so we all wait for each other.
08-05-06, 06:38 AM
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Did my first casual ride with some road-bike riding pals last night... and it was a blast! I geared down to 44-16 (long overdue), and was actually able to get up some of the MF hills. I beat them to the top, but I was still at about 30 rpm by the time I got there. And of course, they beat me to the bottom. But it was a blast, and I highly recommend it. They do know the best routes. 
03-16-07, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Curt Kurt
the HKEK would be a perfect conversion with a Eccentric ENO.
they were building the 96 with steel I beleive.
they were building the 96 with steel I beleive.
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I often get smoked by roadies training along Barnet Highway near where I live. I try and keep up with my 69" gear but it's a real struggle. Some of those guys are scary fast, averaging almost 40 km/h and to them it's just relaxed cruising. If we're close enough to this big hill at the end going up to Burnaby I can catch up again there.
03-16-07, 01:05 PM
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hahaha
he doesnt know how to use the three seashells
he doesnt know how to use the three seashells
03-16-07, 02:35 PM
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Climbs are surprising easy compared to geared riding. Not easier, but not usually bad. I usually get dropped on the flats when I ride with faster roadie types.
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03-16-07, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mander
averaging almost 40 km/h and to them it's just relaxed cruising.
Beating 'roadies' is a component of personal fitness. Everyone is effectively a roadie if they are riding a skinny wheeled 700c bike on the road, gears or fixed don't change that. Most of the guys in my bunch I can beat on a singlespeed or geared and if its flat, fixie. Riding singlespeed gives you an edge up short climbs and sprinting that gears won't. I rarely downshift on a hill now until my cadence is below 60. I love riding fixed, but it doesn't make you any faster. You make you faster.
EDIT: oh yeah we don't stink any more than other cyclists.
03-16-07, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ch0mb0
hahaha
he doesnt know how to use the three seashells
he doesnt know how to use the three seashells
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
I only hit high speeds when I'm riding with roadies. Otherwise there are too many lights!
