john schmidt
Oops my feet slipped out! and it took the whole downhill to get them
back in !
So for the heck of it I tried taking my feet off a fixed this past
summer (I was by myself on a lonely road, slight downhill, yes and a
front brake). It wasn't that bad handling wise, but in about 30
seconds, Your legs start getting tired.
What to do with your feet ? without them getting slapped silly by
flailing pedals. Because it was the only thing available, I tried to
put my feet on the rear axle nuts but that was nuts cause it put extra
pressure on areas (you guessed it) near my nuts, so that lasted maybe 5
seconds. And then one foot slipped off, another foot almost into the
wheel. Amazingly I was still on the road though (ok a little
exaggeration, it wasn't quite that bad).
Butthen like mike said, it a pain to get the feet back in. you have
like pedal in air at the same cadence as your pedals. I was able to do
it in 20 seconds or so (but i had slowed down too) but not without
getting wacked some more and not without looking down, ie eyes totally
off the road.
the only way I would take my feet off again is if I had foot pegs
forward of the bottom bracket like on the downtube or something. Which
isn't going to happen.
Oh and also the chain is more likely to come off too... just kind of
slapping around out in space with no load. The likehood of it wrapping
up and locking the rear wheel is really good.
But of course another safety issue for fixed gear is digit removal.
Mechanics know to respect a fixed gear when on a repair stand.
http://sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html scroll almost all the way down.
not saying your toes would get caught and sheared off but maybe a part
of your shoe, and it WILL take you foot around instantly and maybe twist
your knee or break something (something of yours, not of the bicyles)
against the pedal...
Yeah I won't be the one pulling my feet off the pedals, least not on
purpose. But then again I now usually ride single not fixed with both
brakes.
Schreck, George wrote:
The point of fixed gear is that your maximum spin is a limiting factor
on down hills. Otherwise, it would be single speed. I would call it a
category violation as well as a safety violation.
-----Original Message-----
From: cmur-@obra.org [mailto:cmur-@obra.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:24 PM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Fixed Gears in the Cherry Pie
I would interpret that as 'dangerous riding" and dq
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: .David.Auker. [mailto:Dav-@Hevanet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:05 PM
To: Malcolm, Gary
Cc: ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Fixed Gears in the Cherry Pie
I don't think so...unless rules state "no-no."
Malcolm, Gary wrote:
That is usually a DQ!
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: .David.Auker. [mailto:Dav-@Hevanet.com]
Sent: January 18, 2006 12:42 PM
Cc: ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Fixed Gears in the Cherry Pie
At last year's event, I heard that a certain "PD" removed his feet
from
the pedals and "coasted" downhill...?
gary.m-@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I too am planning on the riding a fixed gear in the Cherry Pie and
would
love to hear more from others who have ridden road races on unbroken
bikes.
I currently ride a 75 inch gear (42x15) which is quite comfortable
on
the hills around Eugene but top ends over 25MPH without unsustainable
spinning. I suspect from some group rides that this is going get me
dropped by the likes of Dan Vrijmoet(sp?). Besides, the one 'Roller'
in
the Cherry Pie is really not long enough to worry about killing
myself
on a big gear. So what should I do?
42x13 (86.5 inches)?
52x15 (93 inches)?
Others?
And, yeah a long gear will hurt... but it might be sweet to carry
some
real speed downhill.
Any and all advice will help!
Thanks,
Gary
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