Bicycle BOVS

[Scythe13]

I see another MAJOR mistake with going fixed gear.

Professional cyclists get in heavy training sessions riding fixed! If you've ever ridden fixed, please tell me how you coped with hills and the alike? Also, how did you cope with doing that while loaded up? Just as easily questionable, how did you find getting started? No way you could start by riding up hill, fully loaded, and fixed, unless you were an elite Tour rider or Track rider [/quote]

yup ive ridden a single speed bike ! but I don't own one
but as a BOV this is what I would prefer due to ease of swapping wheels if I needed to (26` preferred) and there’s less to go wrong and would be a simple fix to the chain.
I coped well the hills, going up not so much fun as going down ...and alike ?
either with a 35ltr or 75ltr pack its tricky, the weight distribution does effect your balance .. even panniers take a bit of getting used to.
ive carried 35ltr pack on my bike up cross fell (echo) and once you get going its fine depending on the incline though (that's why they call them push bikes ) not sure how this is questionable
i know my limits and im no elite tour rider or track rider but i know what have and haven't done which isn't questionable to me !
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Really good post MossT. You're right, there is always the option to push the bike. If that was the case, I'd try and find some way to rest my bag on the frame of the bike so that I didn't have to carry the bag and push the bike at the same time. Would be better to push the bag and bike together. But would want it to be quickly detachable so that I could drop the bike and run into some woods or something like that, if need be.