Oh roadies, you never disappoint.(rant)
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I got cut off by someone in traffic today. He was African American. Based on the OP's logic, I guess my response should be, "oh African Americans, you never disappoint"
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Your pedal stroke is kind of pushed by momentum as you move forward.
You keep going forward via yo legs and weight that'll push you through to the next stroke instead of losing energy via gearing mechanisms---around the 6 and 12 o clock of the crank.
You keep going forward via yo legs and weight that'll push you through to the next stroke instead of losing energy via gearing mechanisms---around the 6 and 12 o clock of the crank.
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Sounds far fetched to me but if you say so, possibly on flats and mild rolling hills.
Even if that was the case I don't think that there'd be any momentum-assist in your pedal stroke on the kind of hill that forces some people to walk.
Even if that was the case I don't think that there'd be any momentum-assist in your pedal stroke on the kind of hill that forces some people to walk.
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So much pretension...
OP's post sounds super stuck up. Stuck up about his friend, stuck up about friends bike, stuck up about foot retention, stuck up about mileage, stuck up about roadies, stuck up about roadies talking, stuck up about existing...
OP's post sounds super stuck up. Stuck up about his friend, stuck up about friends bike, stuck up about foot retention, stuck up about mileage, stuck up about roadies, stuck up about roadies talking, stuck up about existing...
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Although there's very little slack in the chain on a SS/FG, it's still enough to usually be evident when the rider chooses to coast on a SS or start to brake on a FG. But I don't see this happening during normal pedaling - either on level ground or when climbing.
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There's definitely a difference/dead spot in my pedal stroke when I go to a freewheel bike after riding fixed for a while. It actually feels like I'm stopped or backpedaling around the 12/6 oclock points when I'm actually just expecting the momentum to push the crank through.
Yup. Or stop, recover for a minute, and get back on.
Yup. Or stop, recover for a minute, and get back on.
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Again, I agree it was a silly rant and that I really shouldn't have given a damn.
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Whaaaa? Hasn't everyone wanted to laugh at a fixie rider who has had to get off the bike? Seems kinda counter productive? Same reason I hate cyclocross.........
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LOL...the fixed gear doesn't create special magic energy.
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That's an old myth. In fact, pedal stroke pushed by momentum = cranks resisting chain travel = backpedalling = slowing down. As mihlbach says, the fixed gear doesn't create special magic energy.
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Yet seethingly jealous of Colnago riders.
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sure sounds like it.
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I would resist the urge to think a nice bike was bought by their parents. 80% of the time you're wrong, and the other 20% of the time you're a jerk.