I love hills, and I love carrying loads up hills -- a shopping load up a hill on the trike is great fun. Disclaimer: I am a short distance rider, 30 miles being a long ride -- call me a 1/10 Eric. But this means that I am quite happy pushing biggish gears uphill: 20 lb in the Hoss, standing in a 50" low up a local, very steep, 4/10 mile hill is one example, or ditto on a 1 mile long but less steep hill (I rate hills by rough average coasting downhill speed: the very steep is a 40+, the longer one a 30 or 35 depending on the section). Anyway, one of cycling's great pleasures is standing on hills, IMO.
Still, it is very nice on occasion to get on my 17 3/4 lb gofast fixie and push a 75" gear up the same hills. Zen out and take it slow and easy. Patrick "about to haul some groceries up some hills on the newly be-Campered Fargo" Moore in 50F ABQ, NM On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I've embraced "heavy" bikes, and they've become part of my cycling > persona--my nickname on the bike is "Diesel," in part because Diesels tend > to be heavy. I proudly declare to all who will listen that there is > virtually nothing on any of my bikes that was chosen because it was light. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.com > www.campyonly.com > www.wheelsnorth.org > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:19 AM, opa...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you, thank you, thank you! Nearly everyday, a coworker, who rides a > carbon fiber bike, comes in my office, lifts up my Atlantis by the top tube > and exclaims: "My god that's heavy". I've run out of things to say to him > in reply so I may forward your post instead. > > As a side note, since I've put my "massive" (his words) 50mm Schwalbe Big > Apples on the Atlantis a few weeks ago, I swear the bike is actually > quieter, nearly silent. I never realized how loud tires can be...or maybe > I just had some bad ones before? > > Happy New Year! > Robert Opalko > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/zkSLEWLhZkoJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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. > > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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.
