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  • There is only one thing stopping me from ditching the freewheel and go fixed and that's cornering.

    I usually cycle pretty fast, and corner pretty sharp also, and since on a fixed, the pedals would keep turning, it would put me at risk of flopping off my bike when leaning.
    That really puts me off.

    A few factors are important as already mentioned, amongst them the most critical are crank arm length, BB height and pedal choice.

    I have 165mm crank arms + high bottom bracket and Bebop clipless pedals on my Electron and the angle I have to lean the thing over to make my shoe touch the ground is frankly ludicrous ! (I could take a picture if you want?)

    I would have to cornering practically on my side to strike, I would loose the tyres way before a strike at these kinds of angles. If your set up is sorted it is practically impossible to pedal strike on level ground (weird pot holes and curb strikes aside).

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