Youve been riding singlespeed mountain bikes for a long time, was going fixed a natural progression?
JW: Absolutely. Riding with one gear was already second nature. A big part of singlespeeding is being able to ride stuff that most people need gears for. If you’ve overcome that challenge, it seems entirely feasible to try something that makes it that little bit more difficult. 63xc.com: On or off road? JW: Offroad every time. 63xc.com: Can you describe your very first fixed off road ride? JW: It seemed perfectly normal at first, I’d ridden track bikes at the velodrome before, so I knew what fixed felt like. Then the first downhill came and the ride turned from a nice easy jaunt into a ball-breaking terror journey. I’d also made the mistake of letting some friends know I was out for my first fixed ride so they were waiting for me at the top of the biggest climb and could be heard jeering as I desperately tried (and failed) to negotiate a proper rocky climb without the benefit of a freewheel. After that, the ride seemed to blur into a series of comical wobbly descents, heartbreaking asc
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