Originally posted by hippy:
Quoted message said:I was going to see what's available and pick something in the
lower/middle range. 63xc guys suggest high 60's or low 70's but that's
probably for offroad fixie riding and might be too low?
Depends on what you're doing it for. If it's just for mucking around,
then mid 70s or even low 80s is good. If you're doing it to get your
legs spinning, then you want high 60s to low 70s.
I ride a 49/19, which gives me a tad under 70". It's a good gear for me
because it makes me spin a lot, especially when I ride with un-fixed
groups. I picked this gear on the advice of an old track racer here at
work, who said he used to run a 19 sprocket in Winter, then swap to an
18, then a 17 in the months before track season started.
There's actually a comp in England for time trials on a 72", which they
call "medium gear".
http://www.fixedwheel.co.uk/medium%20gear%20history.htm
Quoted message said:I got a new fastest cadence the other day on it: 34 x 6.. um.. racks
notoriously slow brain.. 204bpm 🙂 Cracked 200! I want a cadence
computer though, for an official reading. I find it really hard to
actually count as fast as I can pedal!
That's _really_ fast. I top out at around 52km/h, or 160rpm, though
that's by asking those I'm riding with how fast we're going, as I don't
have a speedo on the fixed gear.
Quoted message said:I -have- heard that fixies climb faster than gearies.. I like the
sound of that! > If I have juice in my legs I often beat (slower)
roadies up hills on my commute on the SS because they gear too easy or
too hard for the climbs.
Nothing goes up hills faster than a fixed gear. My fixed features
prominently in my cunning plans for this years club champs hill-climb...
Regards,
Suzy
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