Day 1 was 90 harrowing miles, day 2 was 98 more pleasant miles. I don't know how much weight I was carrying, Carradice longflap and a big Banjo Bros handlebar bag. The terrain was rolling, nothing extreme.
On Oct 26, 10:29 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
