I had the opportunity to ride with a few CR folks here in the Denver/Boulder area that rode track and fixed gears on the roads with us. Perhaps they can relate any tales of toe-clip overlap and turning they've experienced. As it was, on the rides I did with them, they handled those skittish, short wheel-based machines with great skill (it was quite fun to watch them spin those gears out on the steepish downhill parts of the ride though).
John "I'll take gears, and lot's of them thank you" Price Denver CO
-----Original Message----- From: LouDeeter@aol.com [mailto:LouDeeter@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:07 AM To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: pedal/wheel overlap(was:Re: [CR]accident waiting to happen
Larry Black said:
> In fact,if someone tried to make a pedal and wheel touch at most riding
> speeds, the turn would toss them o'er the bends before the
> tire collision.
I don't ride fixed gear bikes, but listmember Jonathan Greene brought his Tesch track bike to the house on Sunday. He did not ride it on the ride, but allowed me to take it for a spin up the block. I was glad that he warned me about overlap during turns as otherwise I would have been a goner. Not only does a track bike have steeper angles and more overlap than a road bike, but not being able to stop pedaling during the turn offered an old dog like me a lesson in concentration. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL