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@erikjonsson
Going up ditchling beacon today using a range of gears to make the effort efficient and then coming down the back it maxing out at 45mph. Sure I never climbed or descended alps on my track bikes but fuck me if anyone clipped in or out is coming near speeds like that going down.
To me after all these years of self proclaimed underground hype and aerospokes and whatnot on trackbikes, trying to define yourself through riding drop bars and 46/16 up a gradient hits home about as much as matching anodized parts on a leader 725.
I dont know much about the guy but I follow his tumblr because he takes brilliant photos of roads I would love to ride. But at the same time he names his posts so shit that evidentally he spent more time thinking about what people would think of his person, than actually producing images.
how old is this general argument about fixie hype by the way? :D