I forgot how tiring riding fixed is...

spasypaddy
spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
edited November 2012 in Commuting chat
its only Tuesday and my legs are shattered.

28miles fixed on sunday
14miles yesterday
7miles this morning

Legs are tired :(

This commute is hillier than i thought :(

Might get the gears back out tomorrow...
BMC TM01 - FCN 0
Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
Premier (CX) - FCN 6
Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3

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  • Drfabulous0
    Drfabulous0 Posts: 1,539
    MTFU
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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Change the gearing? You can't stop now. It's not even been a week!
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    oh i used to ride it EVERY day a few years ago, my fixed has been in my parents garage for 14months in pieces. finally built it and now im loving riding it again.

    just going to take my legs a few weeks to get used to riding it every day
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    I've gone from FG to SS for the last two weeks and SS feels slow and hard. FG is much easier.

    Perhaps the gearing is wrong (as Cafewanda said. You should be riding at least 90GI so that you are nice and speedy on the down and employing large amounts of MTFU on the up!
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    90 :lol:

    think im runing a 48x16...
    BMC TM01 - FCN 0
    Look 695 (Geared) - FCN 1
    Bowman Palace:R - FCN 1
    Cannondale CAAD 9 - FCN 2
    Premier (CX) - FCN 6
    Premier (fixed/SS) - FCN3
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    spasypaddy wrote:
    90 :lol:

    think im runing a 48x16...
    Well, if having 30"+ wheels you can still be at 90GI.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    I've gone from FG to SS for the last two weeks and SS feels slow and hard. FG is much easier.

    Perhaps the gearing is wrong (as Cafewanda said. You should be riding at least 90GI so that you are nice and speedy on the down and employing large amounts of MTFU on the up!

    That's because you ride a girls GI

    go on tell everyone, how many inches ...? :lol:
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  • herb71
    herb71 Posts: 253
    spasypaddy wrote:

    28miles fixed on sunday
    14miles yesterday
    7miles this morning

    A maths quiz?

    3.5 tomorrow?

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