There have been a lot of changes around the Magoon household in the past few weeks. New baby, new job are a couple of big ones. But the biggest one in terms of biking is my conversion to fixed gear. I know I've been writing about how my freewheel has been crudding up due to the weather, well it totally died, violently. So I was all ready to get a new freewheel, but since the Redline 925 came with a flip flop hub, I thought I'd give it a try.

My main concern was not the constant "if the bikes moving the pedals are moving" concept. It was pushing an even bigger gear with studded tires. For some reason they decided to put a 16 tooth on the fixed side. Oh man, total beating with those big meaty tires. I just couldn't take it (wimp) so I swapped out the tires for the summer slicks and slapped on the fenders while I was at it.