I saw your correction after I'd sent my reply. At any rate, your options are all good:
1. Get a triple, and possibly a new rear derailleur. 2. Keep your double, but get a big enough rear cog (and possibly a longer cage rear derailleur). 3. Assiduously internalize the Velominati rule #5. (Gloss on this scripture: get used to climbing in a higher gear. I started out riding fixed with a 63" gear, since I used a 60" gear for our steeper hills here in ABQ, NM, but it was so horribly low for flats, not to mention downhills, that I quickly moved up to 65", 67-8", and 70" for my errand bike, 75-6 for my gofast, and found that hills flattened accordingly. Really, it took me longer to accommodate our strong winds.) On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 6:33 PM JP <jayp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry i meant to see it was not unpleasant. It is pleasant! > > On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 4:24:33 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> +3 for swapping rings or cogs instead of selling the Sam, unless you have >> other reasons to sell the Same. >> >> You said that your father's triple was not pleasant. Why is that? A well >> set up triple works very well -- and I say that even though I forgo triples >> for wide range doubles, and forgo very low gears to get closer gaps in the >> middle. But you can easily get a lower-tan 1:1 ratio with a triple, and >> even on a double is you don't mind wide gaps. >> >> Patrick Moore, who did a 17 mile windy ride in a wide-range 76" gear >> (fixed) in windy (gusts to 32 mph) ABQ, NM >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:08 AM JP <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't mind walking at all, it's not so so steep - but it is long - my >>> dad's homer with a triple isn't a pleasant experience. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 9:40:58 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>> >>>> Welcome, JP! >>>> >>>> I second Dorthy's question, and add one: >>>> >>>> - walk the hill? The lowest common gear (LCG every bike has. Walking is >>>> never a failure, always an option, and sometimes the best option. Grin. >>>> >>>> With abandon, >>>> Patrick, who rides fixed gear 70" most milage, 55" gear for single >>>> track on Pikes Peak, which includes LCG now and again. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 8:56:29 AM UTC-6, JP wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello I’m JP. I was at The Concord Willows REI 10 years ago and a >>>>> person had a shirt that said “Rivendell lugged bikes” on it or something. >>>>> I did an internet search when I got home and was converted by the wisdom >>>>> immediately. Took a lunch trip over to the shop and met Kevin, eventually >>>>> created a “bike tree” of about 9 bikes with my own evangelizing. With my >>>>> Sam being #2 after getting my dad to buy a homer. >>>>> >>>>> Fast forward to today and I’ve since changed jobs houses and had more >>>>> kids. >>>>> >>>>> Where I’ve moved has a relatively steep hill that had put me off >>>>> riding for a while. My Sam has a double crank with road bike oriented >>>>> size >>>>> rings that was great until I moved. >>>>> But with the help of a car rack and covid 19 I’ve stared again. >>>>> >>>>> I’m bummed I missed the 2018 Rivendell stress as I would have helped a >>>>> bit. I was having some work stress then too and missed it. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway thinking of selling my Sam and Will@rbw said to look on here. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Really excited to be riding again in any case! >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a3879ab9-8aaf-4036-9f57-6a80eab41687%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a3879ab9-8aaf-4036-9f57-6a80eab41687%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/29054e68-6cd1-4a37-8098-8d0642da63ef%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/29054e68-6cd1-4a37-8098-8d0642da63ef%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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