Re: smooth out your pedal stroke

sounds like S&M behavior...
are you wearing tight black leather body suits????

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Steve Valladolid <[email protected]>wrote:

> I think he means trying to keep up w the pedals when descending. Rode
> my fixed gear today. New type of riding for me. Takes some getting
> used to but is pretty cool.
>
> On 2/6/11, Roy Bird <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 35 mph? Surely you jest sir, or did you mean kph? Even that's good going!
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Jeremy Kindy [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:16 PM
> > To: Roy Bird
> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: smooth out your pedal stroke
> >
> >
> >
> > Heh.
> >
> > I took my first "extended" ride on my fixie today.  It's a bit small for
> me,
> > but I took it out for a little over 11 miles.  I avoided some of the
> bigger
> > hills just for that reason - even though I wear clipless pedals, I wasn't
> > sure I could pedal fast enough to keep up at 35+mph. 30 was a bit of a
> > stretch...
> >
> > I'm definitely not a hipster and have both brakes on the bike.  Riding a
> > singlespeed/fixie is very freeing, because you don't have to think/worry
> > about shifting.  You do have to worry about whether you can grind up
> hills
> > though.  I've really enjoyed the road rides on my single in the past two
> > years.  My fixie has higher gearing than the ss I used to ride, so it
> will
> > take some getting used to.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Roy Bird <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > It's the elderly who are more likely to appreciate fixed gear bikes since
> > they predated free wheels. With regard to your comment re: feet coming
> off
> > the pedals you have two choices; either accept the drumming on your
> calves
> > or keep your feet on the pedals until your kneecaps explode! Of course
> you
> > could always apply the brakes -if you have any. Many of the younger fixed
> > intelligentsia have none fitted.
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On
> >
> > Behalf Of [email protected]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 2:37 PM
> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: smooth out your pedal stroke
> >
> > If I understand this type of bike correctly, your feet are never able to
> > just coast. Sooooo if you are going down a hill and you can't keep up
> with
> > your speed and you pedals start whacking away at your legs because your
> feet
> > have come off the pedals -------. Am I correct in assuming this could
> > happen?? If so I guess I am just too old to appreciate a bike like this.
> >
> >
> > Fran,
> >
> > Be who you are and say what you feel........
> > Because those that matter dont mind.....
> > And those that mind don't matter.   Anon
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kelly Iniguez <[email protected]>
> > To: touring <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 12:22 am
> > Subject: smooth out your pedal stroke
> >
> >
> > A friend of mine just ordered a fixie from this site - $395. for a custom
> > uild. Sure sounds good.
> > http://www.bigshotbikes.com/index.html
> > Come spring (spring is coming, isn't it?) your pedal stroke will be as
> > mooth as silk.
> > No relation, etc. just passing on a good deal.
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