Yes. Gear for gear, a fixed-gear bicycle climbs better than a standard, geared bike (or a single-speed). I speak from experience, including cresting the Continental Divide at 11,000 feet.
As Patrick notes, the downhill side of the hill is generally the harder part of the ride. --Eric N On Aug 24, 2012, at 3:05 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone the other day said that he's interested in fixed gears but > thought that climbing would be too hard. Just came back from a 21 mile > rolling terrain ramble including a 1 mile rather steep hill; this on > the 75" gofast. I swear up and down (heh heh) that climbing that hill, > even the last 1/4 mile steep part, is easier standing on the 18 lb, > 75" gofast than on the, what, 15-16 lb heavier Fargo (with Kojak > wheelset) sitting in the 36/24-29 (38" - 34"). > > Riding **down** that same hill is considerably more work on the gofast, > though! > > Patrick "riding fixed makes you a masher!" Moore > > -- > "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." > -- Claude Cockburn > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
