Especially when I am carrying something home my bike and luggage can easily hit the 40 pound mark. A 30 something gear is a gear that I walk the bike up 1:10 hill. I need a gear at least in the mid 20's to grind up a hill that steep however, it is a quandry because I can at that point push the bike up the hill faster than I can ride it up the hill.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:39 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm with you.......I must be a weakling too. I can't go up the > foothills of Mt Rainier without a small inner ring, especially after I > am all tired out. The only "compact double I would consider would be > perhaps a 46x30 or a 44/42x28 coupled with a 12-32,34 or 36 cog set. > I own a classic steel race bike from the 80's with a 42x52 and a 13-23 > six speed. At 21 pounds I cannot ride it on anything but gentle > rollers and relatively flat ground. It makes no difference to me that > the shifting is "simple and crisp" and I don't think it makes me any > faster than my normal all rounder style bike. Unless one is very lean > and very in shape, I honestly don't think there is much of a reason to > ride with a double and certainly not on a bike that will take you to > unknown areas due to its versatility and fender-ability. Three cheers > to those that can make compact doubles work......years of sit down > bench work and too many calories have done wonders to limit my > climbing abilities. I need a wide range triple and I am not afraid to > admit it !!! : ) > > On Sep 12, 9:43 am, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anne, a 34/36-48/50 double with a 12-27 cassette yields a low gear in > > > the mid-30s inches and lets you keep the crisp&simple-shifting short > > > cage derailers. I have found even as a middle-age office worker that > > > mid-30 gears will get me comfortably up anything (paved) here in > > > Western Colorado. > > > > I guess I'm just a weakling here. Mid-30 gears don't do it for me when > > the grade gets above around 10-12%. > > > > -- > > -- Anne Paulson > > > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > 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. > > -- Fai Mao The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments -- 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.
