Re: smooth out your pedal stroke

    Jeremy wrote
> 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 rode a ss mtb in 2009 and put in a little over 3000 km on it. The biggest 
thing I had to learn was to take every opportunity to accelerate which makes 
climbing much easier.

I converted the bike to 9 speed in 2010 as my 67 year old knees suffered too 
much!

Jim Blair