I haven't yet; perhaps it's an unhealthy mixture of pride and naivete that makes me think of doing it. I've never ridden the crest route, and I know it is much steeper than Tramway, but i have done Tramway in a 75" gear, albeit with a nice tailwind. 70" is easy enough. So, I thought gearing down 20% might get me, if painfully and slowly, up to the crest.
Anyone familiar with this climb, please chime in with comments -- perhaps I need to change the ring out, too to, say, a 42. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM, RoadieRyan <rya...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dude are you riding up the Sandia's in a 56 inch gear? Wow my knees > are weeping just thinking about that! impressive. > > Ryan " give me a granny gear" Surface > > On Jan 2, 7:27 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. Slow the **#$&# down! Now that it is cold, I find that I must force > > myself to go slowly (~15 mph) for the first 10 miles, otherwise I feel > > miserable and hate riding. To extend this pattern so that riding becomes > > less of a competition with self. > > 2. Keep bike miles (75% commuting type riding -- tho' I work at home) at > > least as high as what I put on either of my cars (have part custody of > busy > > 8-year-old daughter and run all errands for 86 year old mother). The new > > DN72 on the Motobecane and the soon to come, I hope, SON20R for the Riv > > commuter should make this easier. > > 3. Some longer rides, starting, I hope, with another mass communal NM > iBob > > ride here in Albuquerque, once it warms up a bit; perhaps in the > mountains. > > 4. When my new 17/20 Dingle arrives, try riding to The Peak. (46X20X24.5" > > 571 wheel = 56", Riv gofast). > > 5. Just maybe, join a northern NM organized tour. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > (505) 227-0523 > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
