Comments on: gears would have been nice… http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/gears-would-have-been-nice/ musings on cycling, photography, Life, the Universe and... well, U know! Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mikesimagination http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/gears-would-have-been-nice/#comment-870 mikesimagination Mon, 05 May 2008 19:07:29 +0000 http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-870 no.... not macho at all... lots of reasons in it's favour, if you're trained to be able to cope with a wide range of cadence it gives you a very efficient drivetrain (perfect chainline and all that) I always climb faster on fixed unless faced with something like that bastard of a climb in the wind yesterday with the wrong gear. Technical hilly courses I enjoy on the fixed. It's also a mental thing, I find it much easier to focus on the riding and measuring my effort when I haven't got to think about what gear I "should" be in. Granted, it's not for everyone but it is very competitive under the right conditions (which are more varied than you might think). It's also something of an 'enthusiast thing'... like singlespeed (or fixed even, see 63xc.com) mountainbiking... just adds an extra element of fun and challenge. for this race if the wind had been less strong or from another direction I would have been fine (well, broken ribs and a funny tummy didn't help either) I think. I just had a bad day. tx for reading :o) no…. not macho at all… lots of reasons in it’s favour, if you’re trained to be able to cope with a wide range of cadence it gives you a very efficient drivetrain (perfect chainline and all that) I always climb faster on fixed unless faced with something like that bastard of a climb in the wind yesterday with the wrong gear. Technical hilly courses I enjoy on the fixed. It’s also a mental thing, I find it much easier to focus on the riding and measuring my effort when I haven’t got to think about what gear I “should” be in. Granted, it’s not for everyone but it is very competitive under the right conditions (which are more varied than you might think).
It’s also something of an ‘enthusiast thing’… like singlespeed (or fixed even, see 63xc.com) mountainbiking… just adds an extra element of fun and challenge.

for this race if the wind had been less strong or from another direction I would have been fine (well, broken ribs and a funny tummy didn’t help either) I think. I just had a bad day.
tx for reading :o)

]]> By: Gerald Widen http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/gears-would-have-been-nice/#comment-869 Gerald Widen Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:49 +0000 http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-869 I often hear about fixed gears on TT bikes. I almost as often hear the rider wished they had other gears during their race. I always wondered about this. What could be the advantage of only having one gear. I can't imagine weight as that can always be made up somewhere else. At the very least have one chain ring up front and a multi in the rear. Is it some macho thing? I must be missing something as you are not the only one. I often hear about fixed gears on TT bikes. I almost as often hear the rider wished they had other gears during their race. I always wondered about this. What could be the advantage of only having one gear. I can’t imagine weight as that can always be made up somewhere else. At the very least have one chain ring up front and a multi in the rear. Is it some macho thing? I must be missing something as you are not the only one.

]]> By: mikesimagination http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/gears-would-have-been-nice/#comment-865 mikesimagination Sun, 04 May 2008 18:23:30 +0000 http://mikesimagination.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-865 1 Sean Childs RNRMCA 00:20:48 2 Gary Fouracres SAW 00:21:19 3 Junior Hefferman Trigon 00:21:44 4 Stuart Hall Alltrax 00:21:49 5 Andy Ellis Cyclelogic 00:21:54 6 Martin Bawden Cyclelogic 00:21:56 7 Karl Hodson Trigon 00:22:05 8 Dave Gilbert CVCTC 00:22:17 9 PAUL FRIDAY PZW 00:22:27 12 Mike Hayes Cyclelogic 00:22:53 13 TONY FARNELL PZW 00:22:56 1 Sean Childs RNRMCA 00:20:48
2 Gary Fouracres SAW 00:21:19
3 Junior Hefferman Trigon 00:21:44
4 Stuart Hall Alltrax 00:21:49
5 Andy Ellis Cyclelogic 00:21:54
6 Martin Bawden Cyclelogic 00:21:56
7 Karl Hodson Trigon 00:22:05
8 Dave Gilbert CVCTC 00:22:17
9 PAUL FRIDAY PZW 00:22:27
12 Mike Hayes Cyclelogic 00:22:53
13 TONY FARNELL PZW 00:22:56

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