Well, northern Delaware actually has some beautiful rolling hills, some of which are reasonably steep. But a climb longer than a half mile is fairly rare.
>From memory, I think my lowest highest gear is 91 gear inches, from a 46-13 >combination on my Stumpjumper with 2.3 inch tires. So you’ve got me beat, >Bill. From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Lindsay Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:58 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] In search of the Delaware Gear Every state in America has a highest point. Among those 50 highest points, the highest highest point is about 19,685 feet on top of Mt McKinley. The lowest highest point is in Florida at 345 ft. But there's a song about lowest highest point being in Delaware, and Delaware has the lowest mean elevation, so I always think of Delaware having the lowest highest point. I'm thinking about pushing my 1x9 drivetrain as low as possible, while still being useful. I'm thinking specifically about a 38 ring, with a 12-36 cassette. I'm wondering if I will hate the drivetrain if my highest gear is only 83.3 inches. So, of all your multi-gear, derailer equipped bikes, who's got the LOWEST HIGHEST GEAR? My current personal lowest-highest gear is on my Atlantis. It's a 40x12 with 700x38 tires, so about 91.6 gear inches. Jan Heine's Herse has a high gear just over 90" and claims to have never been dropped on a descent due to not having a high enough gear. He asserts tucking at over 35mph is always more efficient than pedalling. -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto: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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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.
