Bimble
Bimbling along ...
I've been on a few group rides where one or more people have turned up on a fixed-gear bike. I've admired the simplicity of the set-up and how they've just plugged along without a care, even up, over, and down hills, and I've always imagined that such a bike would be hard to control on a steep descent.
Do you have to fight the bike to control it going downhill and what happens if your feet slip off the pedals because it is too steep or you end up going too fast, don't you risk bashing your feet, legs or shins?
Stopping and starting must be something you have to get used to as well? I regularly wind my crank back to the top of the arc to reset it and get the pedal ready for pushing off. You can't do that with a fixed-gear bike can you?
Maybe I'm over thinking it and should just try it but I just imagine I'd fall off it a lot?
Do you have to fight the bike to control it going downhill and what happens if your feet slip off the pedals because it is too steep or you end up going too fast, don't you risk bashing your feet, legs or shins?
Stopping and starting must be something you have to get used to as well? I regularly wind my crank back to the top of the arc to reset it and get the pedal ready for pushing off. You can't do that with a fixed-gear bike can you?
Maybe I'm over thinking it and should just try it but I just imagine I'd fall off it a lot?