I too have felt my track bike is almost as fast as my road bike. Downhill it's a real liability, but uphill, occasionally the track bike is faster. Started fixed gear riding when I was 60! 30mph at 150rpm with a 70 inch gear downhill is my fastest speed on it. 52x20.
150rpm 💀 Awesome! Yeah I can’t really go much faster than 30mph (comfortably) downhill.. I still have this fear that I’m going to spin myself out or cramp up at such a high cadence for so long.. hence the front brake 😹
The results are as I thought they would be - a minute is a lot to a racer, but to a regular rider how your bike feels, and makes you feel is important - that's why I like to race myself on my bike, and not get into personal gripes with other riders, or compare myself to how fast people are going on youtube. I'm here for the natural drugs my brain makes :D No substitute for feeling great in a natural way. Cute cat btw ;) !
I think it's not the matter of what's faster but what's safer while still being fast that is important. I noticed that fixie riders always run red lights and try to squeeze their way through moving traffic. I've never seen a road cyclist or casual cyclist do that. It's always them. What's even more funny is how despite all of that, once the lights turn green, I would blow past all 20 of them on my road bike. I guess it's just an instinct to them not wanting to stop riding that thing.
I too have felt my track bike is almost as fast as my road bike. Downhill it's a real liability, but uphill, occasionally the track bike is faster. Started fixed gear riding when I was 60! 30mph at 150rpm with a 70 inch gear downhill is my fastest speed on it. 52x20.
150rpm 💀 Awesome!
Yeah I can’t really go much faster than 30mph (comfortably) downhill.. I still have this fear that I’m going to spin myself out or cramp up at such a high cadence for so long.. hence the front brake 😹
You might try single speed. Faster and safer on the downhills. You can sprint and coast plus you get some recovery on the downhills.
I've been thinking about that! Luckily I saved my freewheel and rear brake
The results are as I thought they would be - a minute is a lot to a racer, but to a regular rider how your bike feels, and makes you feel is important - that's why I like to race myself on my bike, and not get into personal gripes with other riders, or compare myself to how fast people are going on youtube. I'm here for the natural drugs my brain makes :D No substitute for feeling great in a natural way. Cute cat btw ;) !
Gearing for the fixie
48/17 ⚙️🤘
I think it's not the matter of what's faster but what's safer while still being fast that is important. I noticed that fixie riders always run red lights and try to squeeze their way through moving traffic. I've never seen a road cyclist or casual cyclist do that. It's always them. What's even more funny is how despite all of that, once the lights turn green, I would blow past all 20 of them on my road bike. I guess it's just an instinct to them not wanting to stop riding that thing.
Also your fixed gear effort was more efficient than the road bike effort in terms of relative effort.