Distances covered?

MrSmith a proper road going fixed bike with drops/hoods is fine for 30-60 mile rides around the south east i wouldn't want to do it on a track bike with risers though

I do that, wearin Jeans, the mercian though is built to go a wee bit further

I haven't been riding fixed that long at all, but i've been doing about 25-30 miles a day when I'm in uni which is about 3 or 4 days a week. Otherwise it's more like 10-15 a day.
London's flat enough for it not to be an issue, and most of my commute is along the canal so there's not too much stopping and starting.
I'm riding 42 X 14.
Give the 40 miles a bash! Only one way to find out!
K

Yeah reckon so, mind you , you sound younger than me,lmao. I should give up the rollies too.

the-smiling-buddha [quote]MrSmith a proper road going fixed bike with drops/hoods is fine for 30-60 mile rides around the south east i wouldn't want to do it on a track bike with risers though

I do that, wearin Jeans, the mercian though is built to go a wee bit further[/quote]

I'm gonna try risers next. Used B123 drops, they were good ..currently using bullhorns...dislike them.

hippy Furnace Creek 508 is a famous ultra endurance ride in the US that has a fixed option: http://epictrain.blogspot.com/2007/10/furnace-creek-508-fixed-gear-solo-race_17.html

fixedwheelnut and quite a few audaxers ride fixed for long distances. There's not limit really, assuming you get along with your bike of choice.

The Furnace Creek 508 was very difficult for me on a fixie. It has 508 mile and 35,000 feet of climbing (817km and 10,668 meters). In many respects it was harder than Race Across America (RAAM) when I did that as a two person team. The full race report is here [quote][cite]

http://epictrain.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=42

Jeez Vireo, are you staring at your website logs or something?! ;)

i do 30 - 40 miles per day 5 days a week on a fixed kona paddy wagon.

the first few days were a bit tiring but my body soon got used to it.

i have heard the couriers do circa 100 miles per day - so go for it.

the main problem i have is not getting crashed into. but that is a case of anticipating the hazards. so be careful and concentrate at all times.

I do the 30mile round trip to london about twice a week, and 3 times a week I do a 15mile round trip to greenwich, apart from that its just trips to the shop and poping to nearby places for bits. It's really not that bad once you get into it,

Get a comfy bike and an average gear and you can go as far as your legs will take you
fixedwheel stories

phil i have heard the couriers do circa 100 miles per day - so go for it.

Yeah, the motorcycle couriers ;)

Fixedwheelnut Get a comfy bike and an average gear and you can go as far as your legs will take you
fixedwheel stories

*If I was to ask you to name the top Australian persuiter of the late 80s and 90s you would probably say Dean Woods, but there was another less well known persuiter who was probably Australia's top persuiter in the late 80s, Tony Davis. In December 1994 Tony put a front brake and a 96" ( 50 x 14 ) gear on his track bike and put the equipment poseurs to shame, he belted out a super fast 20-33 for 16km ( 10m ). The course was fast and flat but with no traffic assistance and the time stands as the Western Australia 16km record*

I thought it was our Nuts To Rapha man for a minute, but he eschews the use of a brake.

Ian Dow won the National 24 hour time trial 3 times in the 80's, not sure if he rode fixed when he won them but I know he was placed a few times too when he definitely rode fixed and did about 480 miles

Let me tell you something, pandejo. You pull any your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger til it goes "click".

hippy Jeez Vireo, are you staring at your website logs or something?! ;)

Once a day and the timing was just right.

I had just sent a race report to my sponsors that morning and wanted to see if they looked at my blog.

Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say ;)

Depends on how hilly it is. Generally I can go further and faster on a geared bike once I'm out in the countryside and don't have so many lights etc to contend with, but on the flat the fixed wheel works fine for longish distances. I'll happily cycle 30-odd miles on one of my photography expeditions around London in the summer and barely notice it. Haven't tried to do a randonnee on the fixed yet though.

Fixedwheelnut Get a comfy bike and an average gear and you can go as far as your legs will take you
fixedwheel stories

Love Sean Yates's contribution:

*Steve
Hi, thought you might be amused by a story of mine. Back in 87 when Ii was preparing to ride the Nat Pursuit Champs I thought it would be a good idea to ride my fixed in a 10, Ii did a two up with my good friend Brian Philips, I think he was in the Manchester Wheelers at that time, Ii rode a fixed 97, he had gears, the course we rode was the Q10/19, if you are not familiar with this course it has a massive ski slope start, you go over 50mph, anyway, Ii decided not to bother to fix any brakes to the bike, which meant I was pedalling rather fast down that hill, in fact I thought I was going to come a cropper, I did not have a lot of leg speed at the time having just come out of a 25 day long TDF, its not the type of thing I would encourage other people to do. We ended up doing a 19.11, no tri bars in those days. And for the record Ii finished 2nd to Tony Doyle in the Championships. Cheers Sean *

More from the other side of the world.

If I was to ask you to name the top Australian persuiter of the late 80s and 90s you would probably say Dean Woods, but there was another less well known persuiter who was probably Australia's top persuiter in the late 80s, Tony Davis. In December 1994 Tony put a front brake and a 96" ( 50 x 14 ) gear on his track bike and put the equipment poseurs to shame, he belted out a super fast 20-33 for 16km ( 10m ). The course was fast and flat but with no traffic assistance and the time stands as the Western Australia 16km record

So you think this is what 50*14 was trying to emulate?

bikenut Yeah reckon so, mind you , you sound younger than me,lmao. I should give up the rollies too.

yeah, it's fine once you get used to it. i smoke rollies too, don't let the anti-smoking adverts fool you, rollies are actually good for you and they make you cycle faster! ;-)

I got risers. Did London to Brighton a couple of months back on 48x16...hills were bit hard work....but the riding position didn't bother me too much. The daily commute of about 10 miles...no problems....flat as a pancake. But now running a more spinny gear.
Considering a road bike with gears again though to get in some proper distances at the weekend.

Object [quote]More from the other side of the world.

If I was to ask you to name the top Australian persuiter of the late 80s and 90s you would probably say Dean Woods, but there was another less well known persuiter who was probably Australia's top persuiter in the late 80s, Tony Davis. In December 1994 Tony put a front brake and a 96" ( 50 x 14 ) gear on his track bike and put the equipment poseurs to shame, he belted out a super fast 20-33 for 16km ( 10m ). The course was fast and flat but with no traffic assistance and the time stands as the Western Australia 16km record

So you think this is what 50*14 was trying to emulate?[/quote]

It'll take more than 96" to be West Australian...

:)