Well, it looked pretty flat and the water crossings & general abuse the bikes were put to would be hard on derailers. Looked like even the pastures were pretty tough going and the few road sections full of holes. Maybe a hub shifter would be appropriate. Of course, if you're gonna toss your bike in the drink, less is better. Definitely not recommended for a Brooks saddle.
Despite our recent rains, So Cal doesn't have enough water to create conditions such as these. Don't worry about having to toss your bike across a river or encountering any deep mud. Rocks we got; mud is in short supply. dougP On Oct 29, 12:17 pm, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 29, 2:25 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Second observation: gearing: this sort of course seems like a good > > candidate for a ss: say 60" to 65"; I used to use 63" for allrounder > > dirt-cum-pavement. I don't see anyone twiddling and a sub 65" gear is > > low enough to get you through surprisingly deep muck (I used it on > > sand here in dry ABQ) yet high enough that you don't spin your eyes > > out on the rare flat-'n'-smooths. > > > What do y'all think? > > for the die-hard cx ss'ers, any course is a good candidate for a > single gear! 2:1 is a good starting point - I see lots of 39x18 or > 34x17 out there (in the ss category, of course - ss'ers aren't really > competitive in the elite or even cat 3 fields), and that seems > reasonable for most New England courses I race. CX is hard. SSCX is > really hard - those who do it tend to rock. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
