On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 13:33 -0800, charlie wrote: > Yea Steve....I've had that happen on several bikes going up super > steep hills (tendency to not hold a straight line) I'm not sure what a > 12% grade is but some I've gone up are so steep I thought I would > vapor lock and puke barely making it up.
A reasonable way to find out is to plot a known hill on ridewithgps.com and see what it says the grade is. This is also a very useful way to make cue sheets. What we went through 20 years ago to create a cue sheet, plotting it off a map and then driving the course, noting the mileages for turns, is simply unthinkable today. > At my age, weight and with sketchy knees I can still climb but must > use MTB gearing 22x32x44 12-32 on the Surly and it gets me up anything > I want to climb. Nothing at all wrong with getting gearing that works for you. If only modern MTB cranks weren't so godawful ugly... > I live in the foothills of Mt. Rainier and hills are a reality being > both long and steep. My current bike (Surly) with a generator hub > flickers at low speed so I'm probably going at walking speed...... > sometimes a little walking is a relief on long climbs and uses > different muscles giving my behind a rest also. > That's true. And clearly you're better off walking than hitting max heart rate and "burning all your matches". But the fact remains, walking pushing a bike uphill can be a very unpleasant experience! -- 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.
