http://www.truesport.com/Bike/2000/phil02.htm

And a gear chart: http ://www.delaunecc.org/track.htm

today, 10 am: the gun goes off. we go.

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I promised myself that I wasn’t going to post a lot of cyclo-cross stuff this year. But this is awesome: the film coverage of a ‘cross race from 1944.

Had the most lovely bike ride on Saturday afternoon. Four of us rolled out of the parking lot at White Clay about 2 in the afternoon with a few little flakes swirling about. About an hour later we were laying down the first waffle-prints in swiftly accumulating snow. White clay is lovely — groomed smooth and fast. Über-fun. Spent the rest of the weekend holed up watching movies in bed, which is it’s own kind of fun, too.

I promise I’ll write about something other than bicycles real soon now.

This is brilliant. The closer you look, the more complicated ‘cross gets.

A while ago, I posted a quote from Spencer Hall about bicycle perfection. Here’s another quote — this one also about riding the fixed gear — from a guy named Mark’s entry in the Fixed Gear Gallery.

Compared to the geared bike I’ve been riding, I can understand straight away that fixed is all about connection and modulation. There is a complexity of sensation on a fixed as you pedal to accelerate and slow down, as if you’ve been allowed to mix colours for the first time or are finding the flats and sharps in scales other than C.

It’s a beautiful bike, too.