Without including time taken in your goal function peak efficiency probly
occurs at close to a walking pace.
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Efficient in my mind is the least amount of effort in traveling a given
distance. I do understand that efficiency is not always the most important
factor. If you enjoy fixed riding then keep on keeping on. And, I enjoy your
ride reports Deacon.
Doug
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Efficient in my mind is the least amount of effort in traveling a given
distance. I do understand that efficiency is not always the most important
factor. If you enjoy fixed riding then keep on keeping on. And, I enjoy your
ride reports Deacon.
Doug
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> On Nov 26, 2018, at
Doug wonders if fixed gear makes cycling less effecient. Less effecient at
what? Greatest speed per kilowatt? Gears are indoubtably more effeceint.
Greatest amount of fun per kilowatt? Personal preference. Greatest workout in a
given amount of time? Fixed gear, hands down. At some point I saw
Yes, generally speaking and taking everything into account; which is why
only a few weirdos ride fixed. But it's also great fun in ways that
freewheeling and multispeeding are not, so liking it is not *entirely*
absurd.
In certain respects of course it's *more efficient*, which is why speed
Call me lazy but I enjoy coasting at times. Fixed is a no go for me. Fixed I
think makes cycling less efficient. Am I wrong?
Doug
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Lyle, Wow. 48x18 is impressive for trail riding! I ride up in my either a 44x21
57” gear (Quickbeam) or 34x22 47” (Hunqabeam). Coming down, I’m in “high” gear
generally, 71” 61” respectively), but on snowy trails or bikepacking I stay in
low for the extra torque backpedaling. My bikepack gear
Patrick and others - thanks for the very thorough answer to my question
about pedal retention. I tend to ride with the middle of my foot on the
pedal so no clips or straps have ever worked well for me... And I haven't
missed them. I do like the heavily spiked VP platforms on all my bikes
though.
Riding without retention, but with spiked platform pedals sacrifices highspeed
spinning and low speed climbing some, but if your focus is trails, the ease of
on/off may well be worth it. On trails, this generally means only losing a
small amount of steeper hill climbing.
With abandon,
Patrick
48X18 is a good pavement ratio; mine are 70, 69, and 76 gi. For off
pavement, I find low 60s best for a single gear for my terrain which
involves sand and mostly rolling terrain (Rio Rancho) with only short steep
sections. I'd rather walk more on hills than spin futilely on flats.
If I were to
Kevin Mulcahy--yup, 48x18 seems a bit stout, but it's different on a fixie
;-) The same gear on a multispeed bike does seem harder. Maybe it's because
the fixie is so much lighter and maybe it's because of the rotational
inertia caused by the direct linkage of the drive train that seems to
+1 for flats with spikes, although I’d eventually like to try toe straps on
some non-spiked pedals. Being able to pull up on the pedals while grinding up a
steep incline would be helpful. Don’t think I’d want to go clipless though,
because I really like riding in my trail runners, and they’re
What gearing combinations are other people using? 48/18 seems really high to me
for road riding, so I can’t imagine riding trails with it. Heck, I’m in my
28/46 combo for just about every climb.
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I used to use spd pedals riding fixed but no longer do. Wide spikey
pedals—race face “Chesters” or the very similar VP pedals.
I run a 48x18 or 48x21 gear and, though I sometimes get to walk a steep
section up, I always manage to keep my pedals while descending.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 09:04
I just use flat spiky pedals. I used to use eggbeaters and clips n straps.
Whatever you’re comfortable with on your current bikes is probabaly best to
start with when you go fixed.
Philip
Santa Rosa, CA
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I've been riding fixed on trails since I discovered how awesome fixed is
for ice/snow riding back in the 90s and thought, if I can do that, surely I
can ride trails fixed! Granted, I just ride trails and not super technical
stuff because I'm old and the super technical stuff makes my back hurt
Single track A and single track B are more different from each other than
single track A is from a paved trail.
Philip
Santa Rosa, CA
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I preferred riding fixed without retention but with grippy shoes and platform
pedals. Off road I’d double down on the lack of retention. I need to disengage
from the pedal quickly if I’m going down and already have life lung damage to
one ankle to show for it. Just my experience but clipless or
I prefer retention, partly for safety, because your feet can get spinning
pretty fast, and partly just because I like retention on all my pedals and
find SPD-type clipless the easiest and most convenient. I've used clips and
straps both with and without slotted cleats. Both work, but I found
Hey Tony,
Is foot retention required to ride fixed gear? No. Benificial? Yes. With fixed
gear you need a solid connection with the pedal so that as your feet spin
faster in that precise circle that your legs don’t quite match naturally (but
come close when running), your foot stays on the
Sharp looking bike.
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 10:40:26 AM UTC-6,
LyleBogart{AT}gmail.com wrote:
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> Mark, yes, there's something especially delightful about riding fixed
> off-road! I've a Rawland Drakkar prototype fixed cyclocross that has
> carried me through Maine woods trails a
Ok ok ok... I'm going to put a new chain (longer to account for the larger cog)
on the ANT and give fixed a try next week.
Patrick, it any other fixed riders - are toe clips or some other kind of
foot-pedal retention device recommended/required? I noticed on your Hunqabeam
Patrick that you
John, I must make a truth in advertizing oops: The first link is my Hunqabeam,
not Quickbeam, so only the second link has the Steilacoom tires. Same
conditions and trail though. My apologies.
With abandon,
Patrick
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Steve, not sure just yet what kind of trail riding I'll be doing.
DP, the Steilacoom reminds me of the tires on my '82 Stumpjumper when I
bought it new. Looks like they work very well for you. Always enjoy your
ride reports and pictures, especially the leaf with the frost on the edges.
How
Kevin, no need to imagine. Give it a go! Grin. You’ll be surprised at what is
ridable, and of course the key to fixed is to ride till you can’t, walk till
you can. Grin.
“I REALLY love the extra challenges of rock gardens, obstacles, skinnies, etc.
but fears of my own mortality keep me pretty
On 11/22/18 12:34 PM, JohnS wrote:
I've been thinking of giving my QB a break from fixed commuter duty
and set it up for fixed trail riding. Any advice on tires? I recently
switched fenders on the QB and was struck how great it looked without
them.
What to you is a "trail"? Paved?
I've been thinking of giving my QB a break from fixed commuter duty and set
it up for fixed trail riding. Any advice on tires? I recently switched
fenders on the QB and was struck how great it looked without them.
JohnS.
On Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 11:32:38 AM UTC-5, esoterica etc wrote:
I can't imagine riding my local ROADS fixed: https://youtu.be/Cuwdmw-bDao (
Saturday's annual and thoroughly untherapeutic festival of masochism and
broken crank arms; the Dirty Dozen which Ipointed out in another post. Yep
I ride those streets, ways and paths up and down. With gears and
Awesome. I used to Quickbeam fixed in the logging roads in the hills near
my house when I lived in Oregon. It is pretty great. I agree that there's a
fantastic connection to the trail, both uphill and down with a fixed gear.
Not that I need a new bike... Hmm. Maybe the Quickbeam would like the
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