ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
Comfortable isn't the first word I'd use to describe riding fixed.
For me the gearing wasn't so much the issue as I love riding single speed. It was more the odd time you're negotiating a steep bendy gravelly, muddy back road and a land rover barrels up towards you - unless you're very used to riding fixed bike control in these sorts of situations is (for me at least) much less intuitive than with a freewheel.
Since most of my road riding is on these sorts of back roads, that's the main reason I sold my fixed gear bike. On good, rolling roads I enjoyed it a lot more. But I'm currently much preferring quiet back roads to A or larger B roads.
For me the gearing wasn't so much the issue as I love riding single speed. It was more the odd time you're negotiating a steep bendy gravelly, muddy back road and a land rover barrels up towards you - unless you're very used to riding fixed bike control in these sorts of situations is (for me at least) much less intuitive than with a freewheel.
Since most of my road riding is on these sorts of back roads, that's the main reason I sold my fixed gear bike. On good, rolling roads I enjoyed it a lot more. But I'm currently much preferring quiet back roads to A or larger B roads.