Bucking Bronco

Today's ride was on the Specialized Langster but with a slight difference - I flipped the back wheel over to the fixed cog. It certainly felt like I was much more connected to the bike - no major problems on the flat or uphill, you just need to remember to keep pedalling. The challenge was on the downhill and coming to a junction. On the steeper downhill sections of today's ride I am sure my cadence was 120+, it is very hard to stop the habit of free-wheeling, which is simply not possible with a fixed cog connected directly to the pedals. The result was quite a lot of fighting with the bike, akin to a bucking bronco.

More practice is needed!