Suddenly stop on the hills, fall over on their bikes (because they're clipped in and can't un-clip soon enough), walk their bikes up the rest of the hill in bunches spread out all across the road regardless of the fact that others are trying to ride up - it becomes a zoo sometimes. You want to make sure you have gearing that's as low as possible because of this. It's not that you may not be physically able to climb the hills with more moderate gearing, it's the hordes of riders doing everything mentioned above that will cause you to start/ stop and go slower than you might ordinarily. Also, unlike other centuries (brevets) I've ridden, like the HHH in North Texas or RAGBRAI where the communities you ride through roll out the red carpet for you, the Brown County, IN, residents seem to resent the bikers and are sometimes down right hostile towards them. I recall one year when someone spread carpet tacks across the road in one section of the route...
On Aug 13, 10:28 am, Bill Pustow <bpus...@aol.com> wrote: > I agree on the tires. They are excellent. On the HH you do not need to be > concerned with glass but you do need to watch out for riders that suddenly > stop on the hills. The ride is notorious for that. > Bill Louisville, Ky > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Definitely. I've used Jack Browns on multiple brevets and 100 mile > > rides and they've been great. I doubt you'd regret using them for this > > ride unless the road is strewn with glass and debris. Be sure to let > > us know how the ride goes. > > > --mike > > > -- > > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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-bunch@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.
