As always - weather permitting, a group will be riding tuesday & thursday;6am, meeting at Tavern on the Green. if you're not sure call me (646) 335-5230.
A-19 Sig training rides
Tue, 03/29/2005 - 6:07pm
Tue, 03/29/2005 - 7:08pm
#1
Sprint to the Bridge
After that sprint to the Bridge, I realize that I will never be able to follow your wheel!!
Wed, 03/30/2005 - 8:48am
#2
Compact
Not with those little compact cranks, you won't...
;-)
Wed, 03/30/2005 - 2:13pm
#3
No name?
Who could this lurker be?
Remember, it's not the size of your gears, but how you use them!
Wed, 03/30/2005 - 1:09pm
#6
A 19 Sig training rides
"That was a sprint to the bridge, like you said. I wouldn't be able to keep up with me either if I always rode like that ... so please join us, as we are doing ""Training "" rides, not races."
Wed, 03/30/2005 - 2:23pm
#7
Rides, not races
I understand they are rides, not races I prefer River Road to the Park, so that is where I will be tomorrow morning. And I will be puttering along, not racing. Probably getting dropped on the climbs.
I started training on a 10 speed. Very different experience than on a high tech bike. All I can think about as I suffer looking for a lower gear, is the days of The Tour where they rode single speeds, and climbed the same mountains that they still traverse on the Tour. We have it easy!
Thu, 03/31/2005 - 10:45pm
#8
Is a ten speed really more difficult to climb with than a ....?
"Heath wrote: ""I started training on a 10 speed. Very different experience than on a high tech bike. All I can think about as I suffer looking for a lower gear...""
It is quite likely your 10-speed has the same gearing range--just as high a high gear and just as low a low gear--as so-called ""high tech,"" 20-speed bikes? The difference is they have more intermediate gears, that's all."
Fri, 04/01/2005 - 12:04am
#9
I wish this was the case.
"Unfortunately the gearing is not as wide.
52/42 up front and 13/15/17/20/24 on the rear.
105.5 to 46.2 gear inchs on the 10 speed.
119.5 to 38.8 gear inches on my weekend ride.
Over time, that 7.4"" makes a difference."
Sat, 04/02/2005 - 8:50am
#10
The answer: new freewheel or cassette cogs and inner chainring
Heath, I'm thinking yours is an old bike—or one assembled for a really strong rider.
If your spider (the 5-arms coming off your right crank arm) permits it, get a 39 tooth chainwheel and/or freewheel or cassette cogs that go(es) up to whatever you need. Add chain links as necessary. (If you get a larger cog but a smaller chainring, your chain length may not need altering. On the other hand, new cogs/rings enjoy meshing with a new chain. But a new bike is not necessary.
