Current Projects chat and miscellany

Yes, I think I may have changed my mind. Just changed chainset so my gearing is now 49/18 (from 44/17) which is around 3 inches higher that I used to use. But done around 60 miles this weekend up and down hills and it is not too bad.

I still prefer to spin a bit more though so have ordered a 19 (I also need to stop and higher gears are just that much harder)

to be honest gear inches arent as noticeable on a fixed gear as they are on a geared bike.
Whenever you change up to a bigger gear on a fixed wheel a similar ratio from what you pushed before is still controlled by the force of the rear wheel spinning.
On a geared bike, as you have a freewheel, the difference of your gears is the difference you have to gain just by pushing with your legs. There isnt any force acting on to help you with the rotation. If this makes sense :)