Annoying wind

[Matthames]

Riding into work about lunch time, I had a head wind that slowed me down by about 5mph. Gave me a bit of a work out, but thought I should be riding home with a tail wind later.

How wrong I was!! Had the same gut busting head wind going in the opposite direction. Talk about a disappointment.

 

[fossyant]

get a fixed

 

[DrSquirrel]

get a fixed

This is true.


I've been riding fixed for about a year now to work and back, my road bike has been used for TTing. Season is over now so I took it in this Wednesday when it was a bit windy... and coming home sucked, the fixed is much easier and I did it faster in that mental wind we had on monday!

 

[Arfcollins]

This is true.


I've been riding fixed for about a year now to work and back, my road bike has been used for TTing. Season is over now so I took it in this Wednesday when it was a bit windy... and coming home sucked, the fixed is much easier and I did it faster in that mental wind we had on monday!

There are enough people extolling the virtues of fixed to suggest there must be some advantage, but could someone explain the physics of this?

 

[DrSquirrel]

Just to add - this is just my own personal view, nothing more.

I think its just because on the fixed you have to get up and out of your seat to actually get anyway, so just stops you being lazy and spinning

 

[Thomk]

I don't believe in god. For this reason I think he always blows wind into my face whichever way I am cycling to get his own back.

 

[CopperCyclist]

There are enough people extolling the virtues of fixed to suggest there must be some advantage, but could someone explain the physics of this?

Ditto - how does riding a fixed reduce the prolem of wind resistance? Do you simply mean you'll be so used to higher resistance you'll physically overcome it?

 

[Andy_R]

it's cos you'll be cursing your stupidity stubbornness intestinal fortitude at choosing to use a bike without a freewheel so much that you won't even notice the wind

 

[DrSquirrel]

Why would you need a freewheel to ride into the wind?

 

[Moodyman]

Ditto - how does riding a fixed reduce the prolem of wind resistance? Do you simply mean you'll be so used to higher resistance you'll physically overcome it?

Yep.

On a fixed, you got no choice but to grind it out. On a geared bike, you can sit back and spin. Legs don't develop.

That's why fixie riders tend to be faster up hills.

Downside, is all that grinding will catch up with the knees over time.