my ride home ends with two relatively short 14% grades. I've stood it on a 40" gear before, but I'd much rather spin it in high-20" gear. Total climb from my normal creek bottom ride to my house is about 400'. Breathing is everything on the steep segments, even right on the approach in anticipation, When I was young we used to ride out to a famous nob climb - to make the drop down - about 500', but some of the grade is so steep you can't see the road ahead of you until you get there. I think the road is called lookout something, but it was universally known as B**ch hill.
On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 9:41:27 PM UTC-5, Lungimsam wrote: > > Once a cop told me it was an 18% grade. So I wanted to see what it was > like. People sometimes come out there and time themselves on it. Sometimes > I see them with some kind of timing contraption on a tripod at the base and > the cops close the road for them. > > First one was the 18% grade. I got up it in my 26 x gears. Would be > interesting to try to wheelie it the whole way one day to see if that makes > it easier than riding on two wheels (less rolling resistance?!?!?). Yeah, > right! Ha ha! > > Second one, seemed longer but a little less steep. But still really steep. > 26x gears. Stopped right before the top as mental willpower and legs were > blown by that time (.....need......more......willpower.....). Resumed > riding to top after brief standing rest. Cannot believe how weak I am > despite the riding I have done the last few years. > > Same for the third hill. > > Legs were shot after that for the last miles home. Even the easy rolling > terrain was hard with blown legs. I am so weak. > > OK, Randonneurs can stop laughing at me now. > > > > > -- 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.
