bad apple

front gearing? man im new to this stuff but I want to go faster so i need longer gearing up front. Probably just a few teeth. I got burnt today by a guy on a single speed. I was going up hill, standing up huffin and puffin and he just cruised by sitting down.

hey man; don't feel bad about getting "burnt" up roanoke :p

it's alot easier to climb on fixed than SS. and i didn't read the rest of the comments below here, but you might not need a bigger gear, you might need actually need a smaller one so that you can keep it moving. spinning = good. heaving on the pedals = not so good.

try a smaller cog out back. Bigger chainrings only get you a little more gear inches but smaller cogs will get you much more. On the track guys commonly run 52/13 or 53/12. The problem with such tall gearing is you have to be superman to stop it. If you learn to spin faster the single speed guy won't be a problem. Most average cyclists have a cadence of about 70rpm track guys can spin at 110 and some people can spin at 120-130(lance armstrong). The faster you spin the easier it is to keep momentum with less effort.

i don't think that is a common gear on any track.... it would be awful hard to spin that high in a track gearing for long.

Very common in japanese keirin.

Yeah I came to the realization that I don't need to change my gearing I just need to spin faster and get in better shape. I live in a pretty hilly area and im fat. So ill just keep pedaling and get faster.

Oh. nevermind my above comment then haha. You got the picture. that's what i get for posting before i read everything.