I prefer fixed over ss for road riding, even though I am now down to a single fixed gear bike. While I do love my AM (close-sh ratio: 72" 65" 56") IGH -- I ride it like a ss with 3 ranges -- I do miss doing my mostly flatland recreational grocery rides -- 11 to 20 loaded miles -- on a fixed gear, and in fact have a sub-120 mm fixed/free hub waiting to be built into an alternative wheel for this bike (2020 Matthews #2). With wingnuts and a 17/19 Dingle cog I should be able to handle headwinds with panniers.
OTOH, I do prefer ss for dirt riding; tried fixed off road with 175 mm cranks and really hated downhills and tail winds without being able to coast. I think I had the bike geared at about 64" per the 63xc.com site. Switched to 64" ss and 170s with great relief. My current Monocog 29er is geared at 65" and with 71mm tires (back to 175s tho') it's great for flatland sandy trails. On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 10:11 AM JohnS <[email protected]> wrote: > ... . How do people feel about SS vs. fixed? Am I missing something by not > riding SS some of the time? > > Thanks, > JohnS > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgthapKM%3DK81F64GT1U%3D%3DgCkwjaj7%2BdH9TsmkGXkTsFwzA%40mail.gmail.com.
