CLIMBING, WITH ONLY 1 GEAR?
One of the most asked questions by people when
they call to talk about a Wabi fixed gear bike, is
about climbing hills. How can you handle any kind of
hill with only 1 gear ratio?? OK, one caveat- no
question the engine is the main thing here, you
have to have some level of cycling fitness. But the
good news is that you'll get fit more quickly on a
fixed! Anyway, if you don't have a choice of gears to
use, what do you do? You simply pedal. You'll be
very surprised what the combination of a light,
responsive frame and wheel set, combined with no
option to downshift, will do. You'll be climbing hills
that, on paper, may have not seemed possible,
often times faster than if you had gears. For one,
you alter your pedalling style to deal with the one
gear and the terrain Check out the ankling video to
the right for another hill technique), but for another,
given the same ratio, a fixed climbs better than a
freewheel. Unless you're dealing with long, steep
grades, you'll find a fixed will take you pretty much
anywhere you want to go. And you won't be
constantly wondering "am I in the right gear", and
looking around for that right gear. You can just
concentrate on the ride, which is one of the great
things about a fixed- you simply ride.
One of the most asked questions by people when
they call to talk about a Wabi fixed gear bike, is
about climbing hills. How can you handle any kind of
hill with only 1 gear ratio?? OK, one caveat- no
question the engine is the main thing here, you
have to have some level of cycling fitness. But the
good news is that you'll get fit more quickly on a
fixed! Anyway, if you don't have a choice of gears to
use, what do you do? You simply pedal. You'll be
very surprised what the combination of a light,
responsive frame and wheel set, combined with no
option to downshift, will do. You'll be climbing hills
that, on paper, may have not seemed possible,
often times faster than if you had gears. For one,
you alter your pedalling style to deal with the one
gear and the terrain Check out the ankling video to
the right for another hill technique), but for another,
given the same ratio, a fixed climbs better than a
freewheel. Unless you're dealing with long, steep
grades, you'll find a fixed will take you pretty much
anywhere you want to go. And you won't be
constantly wondering "am I in the right gear", and
looking around for that right gear. You can just
concentrate on the ride, which is one of the great
things about a fixed- you simply ride.
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