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@Northern_Graeme
Fixed was the way to do it - I reckon I would have struggled on a geared bike. Got into a lovely rythmn, and reckoned it kept me awake. Every hill was an excuse to get out of the saddle and allow my 'nads to un-numb. Without fixed, I think I would have been crawling along in bottom 'ring, bottom cog at 2mph at times. The only place I'd have liked to have a freewheel was the long downhill into Sudbury, spinning at 150+rpm or something. And freewheels are so noisy at night!