You are reading a single comment by @user20714 and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@user20714
What sort of gear ratios do those who train on a fixed in the winter run?
I'm keen to give it a go, and commute on something similar to the muddy bike above. But hardly any of my clubmates or friends even own a fixed wheel bike, and the training routes I do usually pick out some climbs to ride up - Chalkpit Lane, Sundridge etc. To get uthose would require a relatively small gear which would just be too spinny on the flat/descents.
So it seems to me there has to be a compromise: ride only flat routes; or ride normal routes but with a tiny gear and so relatively slow (compared to a geared bike) on the flat.