On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 16:34 -0400, J. Douglas Way wrote:
> Here's a low-tech gizmo to measure the grade of the hill you're climbing:
>
> http://www.velimpex.com/inclinometer.htm
>
> Debbie and I have these on our Roadeos.
Another way you can do this is to plot the piece of road you're
intereste
That frame went dirty cheap.
I'm glad I had not been paying attention. I would ended up moving to a
two-Riv house in a week!
-Justin
On Jul 21, 4:34 pm, "J. Douglas Way" wrote:
> Here's a low-tech gizmo to measure the grade of the hill you're climbing:
>
> http://www.velimpex.com/inclinometer
Here's a low-tech gizmo to measure the grade of the hill you're climbing:
http://www.velimpex.com/inclinometer.htm
Debbie and I have these on our Roadeos.
Doug
Boulder, CO
On 7/21/10 1:23 PM, Michael Dakin wrote:
On Jul 17, 10:55 am, William wrote:
I am not sure how people know the grade o
On Jul 17, 10:55 am, William wrote:
> I am not sure how people know the grade of a hill either, other than
> just by eyeballing it.
Some nice compasses have built-in clinometers (ex: Suunto MC-2). I
don't typically cycle with mine but when I get curious it tags along!
-Mike
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I knew the grade because I used to live on this thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLSCOyE9s68&feature=related
On Jul 17, 1:55 pm, William wrote:
> I am not sure how people know the grade of a hill either, other than
> just by eyeballing it.
>
> I would just eyeball it if it weren't right in
$515 is still really cheap. But, as a wise man once said:
You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
On Jul 20, 4:46 pm, William wrote:
> Good gravy if this frame goes for $465 I'm going to squirm
>
> On Jul 17, 2:45 am, rb wrote:
>
> > I DO live on a 15% hill, with some 19% parts;
Good gravy if this frame goes for $465 I'm going to squirm
On Jul 17, 2:45 am, rb wrote:
> I DO live on a 15% hill, with some 19% parts; and I DO have a Rohloff
> hub on a Bob Jackson supertourist...most of the time, like Spinal Tap,
> I leave it set to 11, as that's the direct drive and set up t
I DO live on a 15% hill, with some 19% parts; and I DO have a Rohloff
hub on a Bob Jackson supertourist...most of the time, like Spinal Tap,
I leave it set to 11, as that's the direct drive and set up to be my
cruising gear...it IS nice to gear down a bit, but I don't need the
big gear drop that th
OK, I bid the max that I could justify in my current wallet-state
($500 shipped) and am not leading. I can let that go.
On Jul 16, 2:08 pm, William wrote:
> Oh SNAP!
> That's genius right there.
>
> On Jul 16, 2:05 pm, Kenneth Stagg wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, William wrote:
When I lived at the corner of Fillmore and Oak in San Francisco there
was no way to avoid an insane hill - all four sides were bananas. The
Haight Wiggle helped some but there was always some uncomfortable
grunting at the end of my commute home.
On Jul 17, 1:55 pm, William wrote:
> I am not sure
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 10:55 -0700, William wrote:
> I am not sure how people know the grade of a hill either, other than
> just by eyeballing it.
Plot it in ridewithgps.com, then run your mouse pointer over the
elevation diagram at the bottom of the screen and observe the numbers
indicated.
--
I am not sure how people know the grade of a hill either, other than
just by eyeballing it.
I would just eyeball it if it weren't right in front of my house. In
fact the hill up to my house is the kind that I have generally avoided
on bike rides. I've never ridden a bicycle up Moser or Centennia
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:56 PM, David T. wrote:
>
>
> But I can say, in my experience, riding a single-speed bike will
> gradually make you a better climber, so that after maybe six months or
> a year, you can go up hills quicker and easier than you would have
> done previously in a lower gear.
I just looked up something that I read in Frank Berto’s book:
“With a cyclist’s entire weight on the pedal, the maximum rideable
gear in inches is seven times the slope denominator. Thus, a 1-in-10
incline requires a 70-inch gear.”
(In other words, on a 10 % slope, with all your weight on the ped
You totally need it.
Hope that helps.
There are three roads to my house:
1) 18%
2) 14%
3) 13%
The bike I road most is my quickbeam (fixed).
Actually, some when last week I passed the 25,000 mile mark on the 'beam.
Have to celebrate and treat it to a new handlebar wrap... but that harlekin
wrap i
There's always another frame. Wait until the bids are done, you may
not feel so bad.
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Well, I just measured saddle setback and found it fully a cm or more back
than my already far back normal measurement of 3 1/2" (71* sa instead of my
others' 73) and I changed that. I'll see what a bit more forward does. And,
I adjusted the wheel circumference measurement; not by a huge amount but
yea... If that was a 58 I'd be all over it. Hill or no hill.
Patrick, as another Hillborne owner I am having the opposite
expereince with mine. It seems really fast for a bike with 38mm tires
( Marathon Racers). I'm very happy with the ride and handling of the
bike.
~Mike~
On Jul 16, 7:20 pm,
I'll vote yes.
I saved this from a long slow rusty death years ago and made it my
single speed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42027...@n00/4800182153/#/photos/42027...@n00/4800182153/lightbox/
Although I have not used it much since picking up a Rivendell, I am
glad I have it. I routinely rode it
Well, I live at the bottom of a 1/4 mile 5 or 6 percent grade and I
don't have a single speed. Doesn't mean I don't want one. Of course,
then there is the same grade that's a half mile long about a mile
away. Sigh.
And Patrick. It might just be the day. I was dogging it on my
Hillborne on an
unless your new mexico roads are as smooth as wood floors I can not
imagine it is the tires. Mine were fast as usual today, If I ride
that route on my 28s I am wasted at the end of the ride and made it
home no sooner. Is the problem based on feel or against your
computer? Is it the wheel counter
Oh SNAP!
That's genius right there.
On Jul 16, 2:05 pm, Kenneth Stagg wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:18 PM, William wrote:
> > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
> > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
> > You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespee
I suspect that your knees will chant the same mantra if you get a
single speed. Of course, if you have a bike carrier on your car, you
don't necessarily have to worry about it.
Jim Cloud (whose left knee and orthopedist would definitely agree!)
On Jul 16, 1:18 pm, William wrote:
> You live on a
I lived on a 15% grade for a while. Get the singlespeed.
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I don't live on a 15% hill, and that's probably the next type of frame
that I'm going to build.
On Jul 16, 4:18 pm, William wrote:
> You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
> You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
> You live on a 15% hill, you don't need a singlespeed
>
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