It has been a while since we have posted but mostly because we are actually riding our bikes! I finally got to ride the Poseidon Bikes FX tracklocross bike on part of the Fullerton Loop. Mind you, I’ve ridden fixed gear bikes before when I used to commute to work but I had never ridden a fixie on the dirt.
Everything that I know about riding a mountain bike or a gravel bike was out the window. Riding a fixie with shitty brakes on the downhills was scary AF, in fact, I ended up walking a downhill that was rutted because I didn’t want my old ass to crash. (Crashing sucks when you are old). Timing is essential when you are riding a road with bumps and ruts, it was very hard for me to time my pedal strokes because I am not skilled enough to lock up my knees and skid.
Riding on the flat gravel roads was actually enjoyable, my gearing was adequate for the flats but going uphill was a different story. All in all, the ride was challenging, it was fun, it was scary and I may or may not do it again.
Do you have to run some sort of modification to use a rear brake on the Poseidon? I’ve heard that the rear brake bridge is high. Thanks in advance!
I used a long reach caliper, no modification necessary.