I used 47x18 on the same ride, fixed. Usually you can get away with a lower gear ratio with a freewheel, but that may make it harder to stay with geared bikes on the flats. I like to use the highest gear I can get away with in the steepest bits, then hope that I have enough left in my legs for the final climb up to the Golden Gate.
--Metin On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 3:47:49 PM UTC-7, Clayton.sf wrote: > > I think longer ss rides are best accomplished with the "just do it" > approach. Ideally make it an official ride. I have found Brevets to be > ideal for this. You can ride at your own pace but there is still enough > shame involved to make you not want to quit ;-). > Gearing is somewhat personal. I used 42x18 for last month's 300k and found > it too low. 42x17 would have been nicer. > Remembering that "it does not need to be fun to be fun" can help too > > Best, > Clayton, SF -- 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.
