Gears making me lazy?

[EuanB]

Road in today using only two gears 'cause the rear derallieur stuffed and I didn't want to risk snapping the cable.

What a beaut ride! OK the weather helped, nice and brisk, but it's the fastest I've ever done that commute. My rear's stuck in the 3rd from highest gear and I spent most of the time in the bottom ring. Unfortunately I start to bounce at a cadence of 125 which is the only reason I stepped up to the big ring, bit like an overdrive. It was a very different riding experience as my cadence was as low as 75 at times. Im used to keeping it between 95-100.

I doubt I'd last long doing that sort of effort every day but maybe I should stop being such a lazy bum and get my heart rate over 130 every now and again

 

[flyingdutch]

FD shall suggest the obvious....





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[sinus]

FD shall suggest the obvious....





Fixie!
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Fixie!

I agree with FD. Go fixed and feel the difference. Fixed has given me the biggest thrill on a bike for years.

I rode in on 20 gears today, first time for weeks. And it felt plain weird. You just don't feel as attached to the bike, like you're not part of it.

If you are riding a 12-xx cassette with standard chainrings, then you would have been in a 14x39 (73 inches) and 14x53 (100 inches) ? 70'ish is pretty standard for a fixie.

 

[EuanB]

FD shall suggest the obvious....





Fixie! Fixie! Fixie!....

But but but but....

Wouldn't a rack and panniers be just plaing WRONG on a fixie? And no, I can't do without them unfortunately. Laptop plus clothes plus food plus tools makes too big a load for the back.

However....

Nothing stopping me from getting my super commuter and then a fixie Soon my work pattern will change and I'll be working out of one location for the week rather than going here there and everywhere. Can shop at local IGA for food on first day, take enough clothes in and only need laptop when on call so...

Could be times when all I need to carry I can fit in my pockets

Soon, soon..... >cackle<

 

[geoffs]

FD shall suggest the obvious....
Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie!

Another disciple that has seen the light

Go forth and ride fixed my son and may the power of one (72" for me) be with you

Cheers

Geoff

 

[flyingdutch]

Another disciple that has seen the light

Go forth and ride fixed my son and may the power of one (72" for me) be with you

Cheers

Geoff

to quote the great Ali-G...

"Aaaaaayyyeee"

72inches or bust. at least once I gets back on the darned thing post-crash-nerves. Come to me spring/summer...

 

[sinus]

But but but but....

Wouldn't a rack and panniers be just plaing WRONG on a fixie? And no, I can't do without them unfortunately. Laptop plus clothes plus food plus tools makes too big a load for the back.

However....

Nothing stopping me from getting my super commuter and then a fixie Soon my work pattern will change and I'll be working out of one location for the week rather than going here there and everywhere. Can shop at local IGA for food on first day, take enough clothes in and only need laptop when on call so...

Could be times when all I need to carry I can fit in my pockets

Soon, soon..... >cackle<

I like your logic. Nothing should get in the way of more bikes.

But go and have a look at fixedgeargallery.com. There are a lot of commuters with racks and fenders (the fixies, that is, not the riders).

I generally operate on the pocket principle. Makes me look like a hunch back on the ride home in this sort of weather with additional thermals, booties, beanie, phone (gotta remember to lock the keypad), keys all stuffed in the back pockets.

 

[flyingdutch]

But but but but....

Wouldn't a rack and panniers be just plaing WRONG on a fixie? And no, I can't do without them unfortunately. Laptop plus clothes plus food plus tools makes too big a load for the back.

However....

Nothing stopping me from getting my super commuter and then a fixie Soon my work pattern will change and I'll be working out of one location for the week rather than going here there and everywhere. Can shop at local IGA for food on first day, take enough clothes in and only need laptop when on call so...

Could be times when all I need to carry I can fit in my pockets

Soon, soon..... >cackle<

you're fast running out of excuses, grasshopper


here's why...

 

[TimC]

On 2005-08-16, flyingdutch (aka Bruce)
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> Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie! Fixie!

IFYPFY.

I'm going to have to explain that acronym again, aren't I? I Fixed
Your Post For You.

HTH, HAND

--
TimC
"Legacy (adj): an uncomplimentary computer-industry epithet that
means 'it works'." -- Anthony DeBoer in ASR

 

[Brian Watson]

EuanB wrote:
> flyingdutch Wrote:
>
>>FD shall suggest the obvious....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Fixie! Fixie! Fixie!....
>
>
>
> But but but but....
>
> Wouldn't a rack and panniers be just plaing WRONG on a fixie? And no,
> I can't do without them unfortunately. Laptop plus clothes plus food
> plus tools makes too big a load for the back.

I know this does not have panniers, but it is close. I don't have time
to search more, but I am sure I have seen them...

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/aug/Curlystays_aol.htm

Brian

 

[Resound]

<snip>
> If you are riding a 12-xx cassette with standard chainrings, then you
> would have been in a 14x39 (73 inches) and 14x53 (100 inches) ? 70'ish
> is pretty standard for a fixie.
>

73" is pretty much what my fixie runs. Having a 100" overdrive would be nice
for the downhill stretches though. Doesn't Sheldon Brown have an article on
how to convert a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub into a fixed 2 speed? SA also
made a fixed 3 speed, but they're as rare as the proverbial reciprocating
equine excrement.

 

[sinus]

Road in today using only two gears 'cause the rear derallieur stuffed

Here's some really good advice, gleaned from articles on fixedgeargallery:

If it's broken, fix it

This just supports FD's well thought dissertation from earlier today (edited by TimC). The key quote being "fixie!".

 

[TimC]

On 2005-08-17, Resound (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> <snip>
>> If you are riding a 12-xx cassette with standard chainrings, then you
>> would have been in a 14x39 (73 inches) and 14x53 (100 inches) ? 70'ish
>> is pretty standard for a fixie.
>>
>
> 73" is pretty much what my fixie runs. Having a 100" overdrive would be nice
> for the downhill stretches though. Doesn't Sheldon Brown have an article on
> how to convert a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub into a fixed 2 speed? SA also
> made a fixed 3 speed, but they're as rare as the proverbial reciprocating
> equine excrement.

You'd have to put a brake on such a fixie. Imagaine wanting to stop
when the chain gets caught between gears or the gear changing method
otherwise breaks. Seems dodgy to me... Then again, fixie riders
pride themselves on being dodgy, don't they FD?

--
TimC
> As you know, Linus took the word the penguins kept saying over and
> over again, rot13'ed it, and used that as the name of his OS.
So, who's going to record this .au file:
"Hello, my name is Yvahf Gbeinyqf, and I pronounce yvahk, yvahk."
-- Anthony de Boer && Michel Buijsman in ASR

 

[Jules]

> If it's broken, fix it

Or... "if it ain't fixed, it's broken"

Jules

- Fixies: I just don't geddit.

 

[Resound]

>> 73" is pretty much what my fixie runs. Having a 100" overdrive would be
>> nice
>> for the downhill stretches though. Doesn't Sheldon Brown have an article
>> on
>> how to convert a 3 speed Sturmey Archer hub into a fixed 2 speed? SA also
>> made a fixed 3 speed, but they're as rare as the proverbial reciprocating
>> equine excrement.
>
> You'd have to put a brake on such a fixie. Imagaine wanting to stop
> when the chain gets caught between gears or the gear changing method
> otherwise breaks. Seems dodgy to me... Then again, fixie riders
> pride themselves on being dodgy, don't they FD?
>

Well I have a front brake on my fixie in any case, given that I want to ride
it on public roads and I do actually have some instinct of
self-preservation. Even so, SA hubs use epicyclic gearsets- you can't jam
"between" gears; there's only one sprocket. If the gear changing mechanism
breaks, you're stuck in one gear. (won't that be a novelty!) It's only in
the case of catastophic failure that you'd get no drive and the bicycle
becomes a scooter. I can't say I've EVER heard of that happening.

 

[Marx SS]

Is suggesting maybe going single speed (with freewheel) inappropriate amounst all this fixie talk?

Being a cautious fellow I dropped the deraileiur for the one cog first off, in Melb (being kinda flatish) is a piece of voilet crumble really, haven’t looked back.

 

[flyingdutch]

Is suggesting maybe going single speed (with freewheel) inappropriate amounst all this fixie talk?

Being a cautious fellow I dropped the deraileiur for the one cog first off, in Melb (being kinda flatish) is a piece of voilet crumble really, haven’t looked back.

nah, SS is all good too. lazy/free-loading/wussie but all good

brings into play a whol new look at gearing tho, doesnt it.
you tend to gear more toward what you can get up, leaving you with something smallish to spin frog-in-a-blender along the flats and irrelevant on the downs.
Then gain fixie is a tradeoff in ALL aspects.
What can i climb in?
what can i spin in?
What can i REALLY spin going down?

BTW, what gearing you using?

F"72inches'o'fun"Dutch

 

[Marx SS]

As a pavement commuter MTB, I've got the funny combo of 44/18 with 2.0 tyres (63.5 gear inches??).
Sure I could really have 39/16, but I couldn't leave a new 44t chainwheel going wanting in the shed.

I do lots of bike paths, short sharp climbing etc, so 44/18 its a comfy medium.