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mupsall from Louisville, KY on 8/10/2010 6:07:32 PM:
So I've been on the Katy on a race frame road bike and on a trail
bike. Recently I've begun riding a Trek Soho S with a flip-flop hub
(44-17). It's single speed on one side and a fixed gear on the other.
It has 700x28 tires. Has anyone had experience riding fixie on the
trail? Any reason to think twice about tackling that? My experience on
the Katy is limited to the Columbia-Boonville section, but I am
thinking about stretching my route out a bit, starting from St. Louis,
going to Columbia one day and then on to Boonville the next. I ride
hills and distance a fair bit fixed here in Kentucky and Southern
Indiana.
 
Bruce from Clinton, MO on 8/10/2010 10:18:16 PM:
There is no problem riding the Katy with flip-flop hubs. I've done the entire trail end-to-end several times with both fixed gear and single speed. Also, I ride 700x25 tires. Since I live at the end of the trail I've done over several thousand miles with this bike on the trail, and love it!
 
Anonymous on 8/16/2010 12:12:04 AM:
I ride single speed alot on the trail and fixed from time to time. I think it is a great way to go especially since most people don't shift alot on the katy any how. It is low maintenance and quiet too.
That being said I thought I would try something for fun. I recently had a bike built for me that uses a internally geared hub. This means that that all the gears are inside the hub. They made 3 speed sturmey archer hubs for many years and they are bulletproof. Mine is one of the newer "red band" 9 speed hubs. This gives me the quiet dependable single speed type ride with a few extra gears if I go off trail for some hills. The bike is a surley crosscheck with fenders and mustache bars. I have not ridden it enough to know if I like it but felt it might be nice for some longer touring/camping type rides as this frame is rigged for loaded touring.Time will tell.
Enjoy your fixed gear on the trail , you can't go wrong!
 
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