Thanks, Joe and Toshi. I suspect I will be able to make good use of a super low a gear. I would have to go out of my way to do it, but there is a climb here in the city of Anacortes, WA I would like to be able to do. It averages 7% grade over only 0.3 miles, but has a section over 17% grade. At my current state, that is merely an aspiration. There are a few others of 6-7% grade over a few miles and even some over 10% grade for 1.5+ miles and those are just on this little island. Just north of me are some 9+% grade for 3+ miles (along Chuckanut) and going just a bit east are the Cascades and Mt. Baker, which will have even more intense climbs. I wonder how long it will be before I would feel comfortable attempting something like those. To give you a bit further of an idea of what is around me, that is part of the Cascade 1200 route (http://www.cascade1200.com/), which start/ends in Mt Vernon, only half an hour east of me. Here is the route and elevation for the last day of that ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13566556 So, with just a relatively short drive, I can get way more punishment than I can handle. :)
Cheers! Tim On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely, Toshi. My apartment is at the top of a short-but-steep hill, > and it can be a bear at the end of a ride. That 24 x 34 combo means I can > continue to spin instead of grinding out the last desperate mile. I love it. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
