Garth, I've been very (and pleasantly) surprised what I can ride up when I just point my bike and am daft enough to go up hill. There is a very different rhythm to long term standing pedaling than spinning or pushing the pedals while sitting. I nose breathe exclusively, and if I reach the point I have to mouth breath, it's time for LCG (lowest common gear, aka walking). That has not happened at all on paved or dirt roads, and only a few times on trails. But I've found that if I just relax everything except the one muscle I need at that moment and enter the flow of standing while pedaling, I can go up some amazing stuff in a far higher gear than I'd previously thought possible. And I keep getting stronger, starting immediately. Amazing.
With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:37:36 AM UTC-6, Garth wrote: > > Well, today I rode my typical roller coaster terrain with just one gear, a > 36/17. I have 14 on that particular bike(Franklin 531 custom sport/touring > frame), but just didn't shift. I had no idea how I would get up, or not, > the short and very steep rollers . . . but I did. Prolly .... 20 rpm and > standing up those short hills , but you know, it was fun :) !! The funny > thing was, I never got out of breath like when I was spinning a small gear. > It was faster than walking, but in a wonderful way, quite serene. > > Could I ride up our mile long steep hills like this ? Maybe not > tomorrow, but I can surely see it happening :) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
