I have a 1986 Nishiki Prestige SS (that I cherish)... Toying with the idea of reinstalling gears (downtube shifters)... for which I'm building a 6-speed (freewheel) rear wheel. I don't consider myself a particularly strong rider, but I find I can ride a fairly long distance on the SS with seemingly less fatigue (running 48x16 gearing), especially where the terrain is flat or rolling. I would really like to take the bike on some climbing rides, but will definitely keep my SS option available via some kind of quick conversion.
BB On Oct 26, 12:52 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
