On Friday, 3 January 2025 at 7:28:21 am UTC+11 Bill Lindsay wrote: Seriously though, that amount of climbing in a day is a pretty serious. Depending on your constitution, the altitude may pose an additional challenge. 10,000 feet of climbing in 110 miles can definitely be done on a Rivendell.
Yes, I've done numerous alpine randonnees on various Rivendell bikes without problem. Just pace yourself, have suitable gearing, and don't get sucked into the max frenzy at the start when people go haring off in pacelines. I used to tell people thinking of doing our local similar ride here in Australia for the first time - 200km (~125 miles) with about 4300m (a bit over 14,000 feet) of climbing - that they should fit a lower gear than they think they'll need. Much better to have a low gear there and maybe not need it than to find you need a lower gear than you have, and just because you can push a certain gear up a three or five mile climb when you're fresh doesn't mean that you can manage the same gear on the last climb of the day when you've already been over a couple of large climbs. I agree on the altitude possibly being a problem. You'll be going up to almost 12,000'. Nick Payne -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8ba4a26f-d090-47f2-8c47-01b3eb209198n%40googlegroups.com.
