On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Gearing low on a fixed gear is usually a mistake, since spinning 150+ > rpm down hills can be a greater challenge than pushing a somewhat > taller gear uphill.
Your body gets used to pushing bigger gears at low rpm with high torque, both your muscles and your cardio system which gets used to a lot of standing. The longest trip I did was 2 long days from > Washington, DC, to Richmond, VA in February. I pushed up one hill > toward the end because my knee was stiff from a minor crash, and I > didn't want to risk an injury. That's about 80 miles, no? And IIRC -- it has been over 10 years -- the distance has some rolling terrain, no? And you had a, what, 20 lb load? So what gear or gears did you use? -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
