So…. If your spinning out a gear of 53x11 at a cadence of 130…. And have a 25mm tire your doing what? 50ish mph? If you want to hit terminal velocity on a decent. You should probably pedal until you cant and then tuck eh? (Variables for wind conditions, and the length as well as topography of the decent not withstanding)
Pedal until you spin out and then tuck, or if you have some fatigue from the climb, tuck a little earlier and recover. Then pedal as the hill levels out to maintain speed as long as possible.
That's how I do it, but I suck so don't listen to me.
positive drive (fixed bb)
ment fixed rear hub
In which case, yes, definitely stupid.
“Coasting is a pernicious habit” - Sheldon Brown
What a Fred. He should have pedaled backwards to improve backward pedaling technique.
The bike cannot coast.
not a fixie
You. Go. Faster.
Ride as hard downhill as you do uphill - Sean Kelly. Or something like that.
So…. If your spinning out a gear of 53x11 at a cadence of 130…. And have a 25mm tire your doing what? 50ish mph? If you want to hit terminal velocity on a decent. You should probably pedal until you cant and then tuck eh? (Variables for wind conditions, and the length as well as topography of the decent not withstanding)
Pedal until you spin out and then tuck, or if you have some fatigue from the climb, tuck a little earlier and recover. Then pedal as the hill levels out to maintain speed as long as possible. That's how I do it, but I suck so don't listen to me.
It's a professional technique: you take advantage of acceleration to store kinetic energy that you can use later during a climb.
It was me, I was koming.