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@cliveo
I have, after some months of pitiful and pathetic crawling, persuaded my wife that I need a single speed/fixed wheel bike.
I am besotted with this one:
http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/images/bikes/LARGE/TUPELO_ss_bike_XL.jpg
and, am going off to order one as soon as I retuirn to London from a business trip in a couple of weeks.
I have decided to go for a flip flop rear wheel with fixed on one side and free wheel on the other. I need help to decide what gear ratios would work best.
I am an overweight elderly man. 15 stone and 50. Not a pretty sight. I have cycled 6000 miles in the past year and aim to increase that over the next twelve months. The SS/Fixie is for commuting (only three miles each way from Islington to the City - slight slope on the way home) and short training rides after work, say laps of Regents Park. I am aiming to lose more weight (yes I was really fat when I took up cycling in earnest just over a year ago) and get stronger but I do not want to mess up my aging knees.
Any suggestions on ratios?
Thanks