Fixed Gear 1, Legs 0

Now that the weather is turning crappy it is time to start riding. I will ride on and off for the next two weeks and then determine that the weather is too crappy and hang the bike back up until I feel motivated to ride again.

Anyway, broke out the Langster in FM (fixed mode) late last week for a ride into work and have been on it the last couple days. The weather was actually good but the gearing (42/16) not so much based on my current condition and the rolling nature of my commute. Of course, when I say current condition it sounds like I am implying that I have any conditioning. Not so.

Long story short, I can take away three key points from the ride:

1) Not much of a reason to flip-flop the hub to go from s/s to fixed. Fixed is fine; at least at this point (we’ll see when it is wet…).
2) This ride is totally doable with a bit of fitness; Might not even have to get off and push…
3) Sometimes, with this gearing, you have to get off and push.


Bobke’s View on Tattoos
Saw Bob Roll quoted from a Pez Cycling interview and thought it was classic in regards to tattoos v. road rash:

“Now crashing, on the other hand, gives you scare tissue, and scar tissue tells a story no idiotic tribal barbwire tattoos ever will. And as the stories of your scars are retold, you’ll get hungry for sour mash and pork rinds.”

Whiskey and pork rinds… Yes!