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[Yesterday at 10:13:36 PM] Skinman: I need a Eurotrash girl and a bike ride

[Yesterday at 10:15:15 PM] Skinman: Coach...wanna ride Croom w/us tomorrow?

[Yesterday at 10:23:37 PM] Coach: Love to, but the girls are reading at church

[Yesterday at 10:24:13 PM] Coach: Enjoy it!  Its been a long wait.

[Yesterday at 10:28:29 PM] mmountainbiker: anyone riding morris bridge tomorrow?

[Yesterday at 10:37:16 PM] Skinman: Its gonna be a 

[Yesterday at 10:37:20 PM] Skinman: RIDE FOR ME...

[Yesterday at 10:37:38 PM] Skinman: oH WAIT, THAT DIDNT WORK OUT SO WELL LAST TIME! LOL

[Yesterday at 10:38:02 PM] Skinman: oops...caps lock on

[Yesterday at 10:38:29 PM] Skinman: 60% ride for me was what i tried to say

[Yesterday at 11:02:53 PM] Coach: That only works if you ride with me!

[Yesterday at 11:03:25 PM] Coach: Those guys are gonna dust you!   ...JK

[Alan]

Curious if anyone has experimented riding fixed gear on our local trails. If so, what gearing do you run compared to your regular single setup?

I am thinking of giving a tommycog a shot (it is a cog that bolts in place of your rotor instead of having to go with a flip flop hub). A fixed gear could be pretty fun out at Croom or WP.

[naked indian]

Curious if anyone has experimented riding fixed gear on our local trails. If so, what gearing do you run compared to your regular single setup?

I am thinking of giving a tommycog a shot (it is a cog that bolts in place of your rotor instead of having to go with a flip flop hub). A fixed gear could be pretty fun out at Croom or WP.

Im hardly an expert, but I ran the same set up as on my single.

Tommycogs are great thats how I started.  Its alot of fun and a  great work out, cant wait to rebuild my fixie.

[Alan]

Did you have any chainline issues with the tommycog...or did it give you pretty much the same line as the freewheel side?

[naked indian]

Did you have any chainline issues with the tommycog...or did it give you pretty much the same line as the freewheel side?

No chainline issues, the only difference is getting the chain tightness right.  with an SS you can tigthen the hell out of a chain, with a fixie you got to toy with it, so its tight but does not bind, let me know if you need any pointers on techniques or how tos with the chain.

[Alan]

Thanks for the info.  I'll definately shoot you a PM with any questions.
 
Do you have any issues with pedal strikes?  Also, when you ran fixed what cog and chainring size did you use? 

[ClintonRH]

There's a pretty long thread on this stashed away somewhere on the flfixed.com board.