Roberta, I'd ridden SS / Fixed off and on just for the heck of it in past years – initially as a way to get a rideable bike out of a dumpster bike that had a busted derailer... Then in grad school, 'cos I wanted to tool around NYC all cool-like, as the messengers... "NOBR...AKES" Anyhow, I've recently got back into it again, mostly out of curiosity to keep up with a riding buddy who was riding his fixie a lot, nearly exclusively. Well... I've done close to 300 miles on a SS this year, about half (?) my miles so far. (In Michigan, the riding season is on the short side.) Rode 50 miles, only 1,500 ft of elevation gain total, on Sunday in single-speed mode, and 23 miles this morning in fixed... My average speeds have been mostly the same as on a geared bike similarly configured. One thing I noticed when riding fixed is that my position / fit on the bike gets sorted out real quick. I also noticed my pedaling load and cadence ranges expand. Aside from that, it's just got a nice simplicity :-)
- Max "just one" in A2 On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 5:21:28 PM UTC-4 Tom Palmer wrote: > Hi Roberta, > > The others have covered it well. For me it is just fun, like when I was a > kid riding my bike everywhere. > I especially enjoy single speed mountain biking. > > Tom Palmer > Twin Lake, MI > > On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 11:55:54 PM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: > >> I am truly curious. How is it different than just not shifting? How is >> it more fun? When I was looking for a second Riv, Will (at Riv) suggested >> their single speed (I didn't do it). >> >> I had a 49 lb Raleigh LTD-3 for a few months prior to Riv, which had been >> converted it to a single speed. I rode the bike around downtown for >> errands. It was tons of fun, but Philadelphia is flat downtown, so SS was >> OK. I'd be concerned about any hills. >> >> Roberta >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1f230296-5a98-4648-b2b8-4c7b361b7f39n%40googlegroups.com.
