Well, I live at the bottom of a 1/4 mile 5 or 6 percent grade and I don't have a single speed. Doesn't mean I don't want one. Of course, then there is the same grade that's a half mile long about a mile away. Sigh.
And Patrick. It might just be the day. I was dogging it on my Hillborne on an after work ride tonight. Slower than I'd like. Recently switched from Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 40 to Pasela 35. So far this week, the smaller tires feel zippier. Not today. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jul 16, 5:53 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > How long is the hill? If no more than 1/2 mile, you can: > > Get a smaller flip cog/fw > Walk > Stand > > Tho' I must admit that on today's hilly and windy ride on the Sam Hill, I > was grateful to be able to shift down (gad! I sunk as low as a 41" gear!!!) > on the steepish half mile hills I encountered, what with the temperature in > the mid 90s and humidity at a horrible 20%. > > Speaking of the Sam Hill: Tell me, y'all: the SH feels slow and doggy and > sluggish on the flats compared even to the Motobecane grocery bike and, > indeed, even to the Monocog. Possible reasons: I've set the wheel size wrong > -- I seem to be not quite 10% off on a 1 mile benchmark distance compared to > other bikes; or the Jack Brown Greens are dogs; or front in addition to rear > panniers are just huge wind catchers (tho' the huge Axioms on the rear of > the Motobecane don't seem to have the same effect). The possibility that the > dogginess is in *me* is, of course, a priori impossible. > > Would it feel better if I traded the hugely, grossly, egregiously fat JBs > for a more reasonably porcine 28 mm tire? > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:18 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed > > > I keep repeating it to myself. I can't say it's working all that well > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330451742585&ssPag... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > > . > > 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 at [email protected] 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
