Originally Posted by RB1-luvr

I briefly commuted on a single speed a few years ago and noticed I was using harder gears on my multi speed bikes after about three months.

sort of related; this past Sunday the wife took the kids and bikes to their school at the bottom of a big hill in our neighborhood to ride in the parking lot, so I hopped on my early 90s Schwinn BMX to join them. The ride back up the hill (130' up in 1/2 mile) was interesting. I paper-boyed it! haha I was thankful to be able to do it at 59 years old.