Higher the ration the harder it is, 52-16 is 87.8 gear inches, so the inverse of spinny. Look at the sheldon brown links and maybe consider a different chainring or cog.
Yup, but I scrubbed mine after my landlord's handyman got masonry paint on it, other than that I assumed it was keys/pens poking through trousers causing it. Not got worse since I stopped having my keys in my back pocket...
Don't make it free. Make it cheap or have a small membership fee, maybe tag it onto a cycling club if there is one. Use free sessions to get people interested and to commit to coming again.
My new bike for pootling about, changed the bars but unsure whether it'll stay fixed or I'll put gears back on. A rack of sorts, different foot retention and a different set of cranks at some point.
I've just started converting a Premier and other than my initial booboo of not have a stem with a 25.4mm clamp, I'm suddenly terrified that a 1" stem wont fit.
Any way, porteur bars with inverse levers at the ready for when the new stem arrives.
Popped up on twitter a few weeks ago, the owner was insistent that it wasn't an official part of the campaign. I sadly cannot find their blog again, but I doubt there are multiple ones matching the description...
Last night, North side of tower Bridge. A girl walking a fixed with a white rear disc wheel with three blue heads painted on it, and small placards on the seatpost saying "honk for Boris"???
Poots - woo hoo! No.1!
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