Longest distance covered on your bike

franklin pierce

64inch-ish, maybe 60 or 70 miles. The big gears are nice for blasting, but the smaller ones teach you better spin. Honestly, you cna keep up 20-25mph once you've conditioned yourself a bit to the more aerobic style.

I tend to see strength as a tradeoff (vis bulk bringing on exhaustion sooner), whereas the ability to spin well (limberness, if you will) doesn't tend to detract at all from anything else. Much of this is based on personal experience and my body is dif'rent from yours in many critical regards, and bviously I'm not a physiologist, so take it with the proverbial NaCl lattice: diminutive.

mdplayer

I've done 30 or 40 but after reading all these posts, I certainly need to do some longer rides on it. The problem...hills in Maine tend to be a pain....its either up or down, and rarely anything in between.

Shift 4 Brains

I think the thing that has been most detrimental for me about riding one gear is that I can't sit down and climb--Even when I'm on my geared bike. I've been conditioned to stand by pushing bigger gears up the hills. Standing isn't as efficient as sitting but I feel like the fitness I gain on the fixed gear makes up the difference.

sabertooth

My new PR is 182 miles set a couple of days ago. Hillsboro to Lincoln City to Tillamook and back home. 38x15. The Country Road Bob again, but this time with fenders, lights, a Tubus rack, and one Arkel pannier.

Bikeophile

My best was over a two week period.


I started out with my first full century (www.rideforkaren.com)
Which was 160km (100miles) in about 5hours on my 52x16T Spicer Track bike (fixed of course).

After my butt had a week to recouperate, I did back to back metric centuries on the same bike (Toronto to Hamilton and back) to see the World Road Bike Championships.

The toughest and most fun part was playing around on the Hamilton Mountain when the roads were closed. Climbing the Mountain with 52x16T was torture, but the ride down was very scary! I had a computer mounted, and I hit 74km/hour going down the hill...I would have went faster if my legs could have spun!!! I felt like Fred Flintsone!

LockinUp

[QUOTE=fixed]Simple...whats the greatest distance you've ever covered on your track bike, street fix, single speed. Let us know what your set up, gearing, etc. was too.



190km
48X15
should've had atleast a 16t though.
www.kingzoftheroad.com

Joe_Jitsu

I did 150 miles last year during a 24 hour race. Bike was an Airborne Lucky Strike converted to SS via a Surley tensioner. 32x17 gearing.

This year I have done a good bit of training on the road, with the Airborne Lucky Strike now sporting a White Industries ENO eccentric hub. The longest ride to date is 127 miles in about 7 hours, running 36x17 gearing.

Joe

OCRoadie

Last weekend on the Solvang Century, I met a guy who completed the Calif Triple Crown (3 double centuries in one year!) on his Serrota single speed. I don't know what his front chain ring was, but he was using a 17 in back. I'll stick to my 20 speed.

Guzzi Rider

I rode 70 miles a couple times on my Sannino with 45/17 now I'm running a 52/17 and we'll see how that goes. I'd do a century if I found someone to ride with.
Jeremy

teammiyata

180 miles. MS-150 Houston to Austn fixed-gear. First day: 51x18 or 75" 100 miles. Hills shmills. The pista ascened like a gazelle. 2nd day: 49x18 72" flipped around to 49x19(68") for Park Road 1...who's ya daddy? Actually, I explained ad nauseum that my bike's energy transmission was way more effective for climbing the hills than a road bike. It's almost counter-intuitive.....but it's fun.
One gear, no brakes

"smooth seas never made strong sailors"
-Beans Barton

The Communist

The longest distance I've ridden has been 45 miles on a Bianchi Pista with 48/16 setup