That's interesting (I mean the high-40s climbing gear). My off road riding is mostly level sand with some steep but short distance hllly sand thrown in, and I did fine with a 60" and 63" gear back when I rode (respectively) a 26er and a 29er ss (I preferred the 63" gear). But I've been toying with building a light, nimble 26er for our foothills where I daresay where I'd need something quite a bit lower. I think I'll start with the canonical ~50-55" gear and go from there.
There is something very nice about high torque, low rpm climbing, but I am so inexperienced with real mountain singletrack that this will be an exercise in discovery for me. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > 25 miles of singletrack is a lot. > For me. > > I like a 47" or 48" gear myself, offroad. I think there are different > styles of riding, and mine is not spinning! > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Monday, June 30, 2014 10:52:42 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> Yeah, I didn't go far. 25 miles of single track. No idea on elevation >> gain, but I topped out close to 12,000 feet. I doubt I'll take the bike on >> the last 2.5 miles stretch as it was 55% LCG. I would have been faster and >> more efficient walking or running that 5 miles. Of the 9 hours, I'd >> estimate 1 hour of stops. >> >> I'm nowhere near the like of Coppi-esque, Bartalian, Christophe-ic. Far >> too snail paced. I do have a blast though. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> On Monday, June 30, 2014 10:21:12 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> As usual, epic ride, beautiful scenery, lovely photos. >>> >>> 9 hours for how many miles? >>> >>> 32 X 19 = 47" gear with a 28" wheel: that is downright Coppi-esque! >>> Bartalian! Christophe-ic! >>> >>> Here, they are closing the mountain trails due to fire danger -- hot, >>> dry, windy. Our bosque trails remain open, thank God -- there I plough >>> through sand. (I hope the rains start soon; among other benefits they >>> re-pack the bosque surfaces.) >>> >>> Cheese and avocado. What, no bread and mayo? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I barely made it out today. The place across the creek began >>>> jackhammering as I was packing my stuff and getting ready to load the bike >>>> on the car (I cheat on the up hill part of highway 24 — too much traffic!). >>>> I rode to a trailhead a bit down the way, my wife drove the van there, and >>>> I loaded up in relative serenity, unsure if I was already wrecked for the >>>> day (it’s not always immediately obvious). I figured what’s the worst that >>>> can happen on remote single track? Sardonic grin. >>>> >>>> I experimented a bit with gearing on this. I hoped to be out for a long >>>> day, so I did the conservative thing and used LCG (lowest common gear, aka >>>> walking) for the steeper climbing to save my legs. Good thing I did, as I >>>> was tuckers with two hours to go. Grin. >>>> >>>> First long climb I used 32/22 gearing. It was frustrating because it >>>> was too slow though the climb was steep. I discovered I have a much better >>>> rhythm using the 32/19 (which I switched to after the first big climb). The >>>> standing bits flow much better. >>>> >>>> Food: ate a hunk of cheese and an avocado creekside. I generally don’t >>>> eat much on rides. Being a fat burner really helps lighten the load. Grin. >>>> >>>> Water: I drank (4) 28 oz bottles for an average of 12.4 oz/hour. That’s >>>> more than I usually drink, I think. It was relatively hot (80˚F) and often >>>> sunny. >>>> >>>> I experimented with using a single layer ventile rain jacket as a shirt >>>> (no shirt underneath) and it worked very well. Sweat breathed and >>>> evaporated and I stayed cool. I also wore shoes the whole time to prevent >>>> my feet from getting sore on the pedals. >>>> >>>> Amazing wild flowers again. I tried to capture them in the photos, but >>>> I don’t have a macro on my iPhone. >>>> >>>> Fantastic ride that tuckered me right and proper and the longest >>>> Quickbeam ride so far. Singletrack like this is under biking a bit, but the >>>> lighter bike helps make up for it and it is loads of fun picking a line and >>>> letting the Beam bounce away beneath me. 25 miles of single track, 8 of >>>> paved returning home. >>>> >>>> Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/sets/ >>>> 72157645440910941/ >>>> >>>> With abandon, >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >>>> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>> Other professional writing services. >>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>> Patrick Moore >>> Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis >>> >>> ************************************* >>> * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to >>> never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from >>> it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* >>> * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to >>> look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind >>> it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into >>> somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your >>> daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is >>> all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was >>> any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, >>> because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where >>> in your time and your body can they be?* >>> * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. >>> "Show me where because I don't see the place. 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If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
