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@WestCoastRider
No problem admitting this, the flat bit of my commuting I used to ride on a 50/11 ratio, which is quite a bit higher than I could ride round here on my fixie (now my only bike), so I would be surprised if I wasn't passable. Maybe that's part of the beauty of it, you either learn humility or you can feel superior to all those anxiously competive types - take your pick as an affirmation of your existential freedom, you see cycling gets you thinking about all sorts of stuff and fixed gear riding is a great way to ponder what Heidegger calls 'throwness' as freedom and brute contingencies collide and we realise our freedom through transcendent detachment. Cor, bet that makes you want to get on your bike