I need to win an argument about fixed gears

That's bollocks. You can do high cadence stuff and high resistance stuff on a geared bike.
Time riding is moot since it's all about what you do in x amount of time.
I can be lazier on a fixed than on a geared bike.. it all depends on what you want to do.

It's not about the bike.

Agreed.
I ride SS (cannot get on with fixed) but for the 4:1.5 ratio to work I would have to be freewheeling nearly 60% of the time; which I'm not.

I only freewheel when run out of spin on steep hills, and that is less then 5% of the time.
Its not the bike, its how you ride.

T..... ..p

That's bollocks. You can do high cadence stuff and high resistance stuff on a geared bike.
Time riding is moot since it's all about what you do in x amount of time.
I can be lazier on a fixed than on a geared bike.. it all depends on what you want to do.

It's not about the bike.

True.

But in a way, its easier to do on a fixed. Also I'm pretty sure the lazy 'letting the bike push your legs around' is better than freewheeling, as I tend to get less lactic acid build up ( I may be imagining this), when I start putting in effort again.

Agreed.
I ride SS (cannot get on with fixed) but for the 4:1.5 ratio to work I would have to be freewheeling nearly 60% of the time; which I'm not.

Agreed, I thought the 4 : 1.5 ratio sounded like BS too. Even if you take into account climbing and decending without the appropiate gears.

Just a good quote for fixed riding.

My teenage kids seem to win most arguments with my simply by saying "your mum".

I don't know why, but they seem to think it works.

This.

And with fixed you don't have to use your fingers to change gear, thus saving you valuable joules of energy better spent typing on this forum.

(I may be imagining this)

Spot on.

I have a very expensive bike with a fat old man on top of it.

Believe me, it is about the bike.

"Use the fucking search you lazy cunt" is one of my favourites.

"Google it " its a lot quicker and you'll probably end up here anyway.

Chicks dig scars.
Midgets dig fixed.

Midget chicks dig fixed rider with big scars.

That's why Kylie has become such a sex-pest lately.

"Every fuckin' night... Tap tap tap, on the window."

the savings you make riding fixed can be redistributed into far more important areas, such as beer and arrospok

It is well known that derailleurs lead to impotence by the age of 30.

Great post!.I suppose it depends on what are doing with them! I've been riding derailleurs & fixed for 33 years and fathered 6 children.So it must the fixed riding that gave me balls!

It is well known that derailleurs lead to impotence by the age of 30.

I've ... fathered 6 children.

Perhaps riding geared all the time would have been a good idea. Either that or a quick trip to that nice place in Whitfield Street and £185 or whatever it is now.

Hasn't your wife heard of headaches?

I'll have to ask her!.Believe me It has been a joy for us.But were all retired from having any more.Mind you,i think riding my fixed at 35 inches downhill as much as possibe has worked wonders!:0)

I meant we're

Midget chicks dig fixed rider with big scars.

That's why Kylie has become such a sex-pest lately.

"Every fuckin' night... Tap tap tap, on the window."

So, Absinthe does have halucinogenic properties then.

So, Absinthe does have halucinogenic properties then.

Hey, I'm off the grog I'll have you know!!! Two and a half weeks. And three hours. Twelve minutes. And seventeen, eighteen, nineteen...

out thursday??

Hey, I'm off the grog I'll have you know!!! Two and a half weeks. And three hours. Twelve minutes. And seventeen, eighteen, nineteen...

Well done.

I'm pretty sure the lazy 'letting the bike push your legs around' is better than freewheeling, as I tend to get less lactic acid build up ( I may be imagining this).

Spot on.

Shite.

I was counting on this to get me up the last 2km of the mountain climb I'm doing in 10 days. I figured spinning out at 41:23 for a few km, on the slight decline leading to the steep last 2km, would at least keep the dredded lactic acid out of my muscles.

Ah Chris, where have we been without you.

I'll be in NYC again soon if all goes to plan, only for a few days, but I'l let you know where to show up and buy me a drink.

OP, who you trying to kid -

bikes. with gears. in Wales…

they've only just got used to having wheels with rubber tyres on

Yeah right. Like they've invented the wheel yet.

Violence solves nothing.

Violence solves lots of things, like "who's the best at fighting?" and wars - they're usually solved through the medium of violence.

OP, who you trying to kid -

bikes. with gears. in Wales…

they've only just got used to having wheels with rubber tyres on

Wait, you can get rubber tyres?

Ah Chris, where have we been without you.

In London?

Throughout history, empires and dynasties have been made through violence. Radical political change has been made possible through vioence. The American dream would not exist if the revolutionaries had eschewed violence. The Tsar would still rule Russia and France would be a monarchy. Mao came to power through violence as did the KMT before him. The Romans, the Persians, the Greeks, Incas and Aztecs all came in violence and departed in violence.

Curiously, the Nazis came to power in Germany through the ballot box but were only removed with violence.

Violence is therefore, clearly, a perfectly good way of deciding whether a fixed bike is better than a geared one or not.

Rapsie's

A favourate way of sorting differences at my old school. Fair and just.

There's lots of versions of this violent card game. Ours followed the following rules...

I player picks a card at random and the number on the card deems how many 'raps' on the knuckles, with the full pack of cards,that player recieves. The suit of the card selected determines the style of rap.
Hearts - horizontally held pack.
Diamonds - horizontally held pack, cards angled slightly.
Clubs - vertically held cards.
Spades - vertically held cards, cards angled slightly.