I barely made it out today. The place across the creek began jackhammering as I
was packing my stuff and getting ready to load the bike on the car (I cheat on
the up hill part of highway 24 — too much traffic!). I rode to a trailhead a
bit down the way, my wife drove the van there, and I loaded
As usual, epic ride, beautiful scenery, lovely photos.
9 hours for how many miles?
32 X 19 = 47" gear with a 28" wheel: that is downright Coppi-esque!
Bartalian! Christophe-ic!
Here, they are closing the mountain trails due to fire danger -- hot, dry,
windy. Our bosque trails remain open, thank
Yeah, I didn't go far. 25 miles of single track. No idea on elevation gain,
but I topped out close to 12,000 feet. I doubt I'll take the bike on the
last 2.5 miles stretch as it was 55% LCG. I would have been faster and more
efficient walking or running that 5 miles. Of the 9 hours, I'd estimate
25 miles of singletrack is a lot.
For me.
I like a 47" or 48" gear myself, offroad. I think there are different
styles of riding, and mine is not spinning!
Philip
www.biketinker.com
On Monday, June 30, 2014 10:52:42 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> Yeah, I didn't go far. 25 miles of single
Yeah, I found 40" (32/22) was too low to stand efficiently without spinning
the rear wheel and too high to sit and spin. Life got much easier when I
switched to 32/19. What sapped me dry was all the steep LCG of the last 5
miles (some descents were too steep/rocky to ride). Should I hanker for
Beautiful photos Deacon!!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 30, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> I barely made it out today. The place across the creek began jackhammering as
> I was packing my stuff and getting ready to load the bike on the car (I cheat
> on the up hill part of highway
That's interesting (I mean the high-40s climbing gear). My off road riding
is mostly level sand with some steep but short distance hllly sand thrown
in, and I did fine with a 60" and 63" gear back when I rode (respectively)
a 26er and a 29er ss (I preferred the 63" gear). But I've been toying with
@ Iron Rider and Michael: Thanks!
@ Patrick: that sounds like a fun bike! 55" seems a good place to start.
Worst cast is you LCG a lot. There is a sweetspot to rhythm and flow and
momentum over obstacles and picking my line that I hit is a way I haven't
before. It was marvelous. Presuming I make
Nice! The Quickbeam is quickly becoming the forerunner for my next bike.
You've convinced me. And apparently from the pictures on that ride I need
to move to CO too.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 2:02:22 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> @ Iron Rider and Michael: Thanks!
> @ Patrick: that sounds l
