Capricious wind; yes indeed. The Sturmey Archer AM hub is perfect for winds and modest hills, though -- 10% drop, then 75% (from high/direct). It doesn't give quite the low of an AW, but that sort of gearing is perfect if you want a cruising gear, a wind gear, and a hill gear. I've set my fixed gear Rivs up with similar gearing (Dingles + single).
Rode to church this morning: cold but sunny and still with prospect of warm afternoon. Nope, 22 gusts 30 with snow out of SW on way home. Rode outbound in the 69" and 73" gears; 65" and 62 " gears on return. But alas, it looks as if the snow will neither continue nor stick. On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 3:27 AM ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Back when promoting conducting a (growing) regional stage race > memorializing a local cycling hero in the Ozark Mountains we'd get calls at > the shop from riders and shops in the flatlands asking "what gears are you > using in that terrain?" > > We thought it was funny since the idea of picking and choosing gearing > wasn't as obvious as it is now, we chose cassettes from what was available. > Certainly understood why our celebrated race namesake had one of those > Sachs Maillard cog boards in his garage shop to build clusters suitable to > his coached riders (often to meet the regs for junior gearing). Essentially > we found that we rode the same gearing as the concerned riders calling from > flatter environments. We just conditioned to our topography and those > gears. This was in the early days of freehubs and cassettes and the choices > of stock combinations were not wide. > > Turns out that the flatlanders availed themselves of gearing we used in > the mountains, they called it "wind gearing". > > When riding across the country, from Virginia west, the outpouring of > concern for "you'll be riding into the wind" was huge. The reality was much > different on the road. Seldom did we face utter headwinds. > > Problem with fixed or single speed with extra cogs is you can't condition > to the wind with any gearing set up. It's capricious, you know. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 2:59:35 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Spring winds season beginning; winds today moderately brisk at gusts to >> 30; but it's also 10* cooler than yesterday, and I was down late last night >> and up early this morning for work. >> >> Ride or not to ride? Actually, this is a discussion question. Me, I've >> decided not to ride, since I'm tired -- unless I ride to church this >> evening. >> >> But the discussion: How do youse handle wind? What do you consider a >> strong wind, and where do you stop riding? >> >> I know Dn Patrick rides up glaciated mountain trails with gale-force >> winds while smoking a pipe, but I mean more merely mortal (just came up >> with that one!) men and mwomen. >> >> I've ridden in 35 mph winds, back when it was warm, I was younger, and >> there were multiple gears; in fact I recall one day when winds were gusting >> to 45-50 and I was out on my mountain bike: the sorts of wind where you >> have to stand to make progress on the flats. Now I think twice if winds >> much exceed 20 -- tho' there is dirt riding in the somewhat protected >> bosque. I've added middle gears, as well as cruising and bailouts, to the 2 >> Rivs for this year's winds. >> >> What's your technique, mental as well as physical? What gear? Or do you >> take a walk, or just doze by the fire or over your iPad? 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