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Old 07-19-19, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 1AvidCyclistCat
Hello to all fellow cyclists! Are there any other fixed gear street riders out there? I started riding fixed gear bikes for fun at 56, and now at 59 still riding pure adrenaline pumping fun.
At 59 I rode my brand new TiCycles fix gear at Cycle Oregon to, around Crater Lake and down. And the wonderful descent down Dead Indian Memorial Highway into Ashland. 42-12 for 16 miles!

I might ride CO this year on the same bike. We'll see, I am now 66, I do have a bigger cog, a 24 instead of a 23 but is that difference enough? I could ride it on the Mooney and drop that low gear a bunch. (My knees get the final word.)

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