Are you fit enough for that audax in April yet Brett? I'd pay good money to see someone get over the buttertubs on a 68" fixed!!
Are you fit enough for that audax in April yet Brett? I'd pay good money to see someone get over the buttertubs on a 68" fixed!!
Sorry to confuse, I was meaning 2:1 in terms of time, which (given that cycling is faster than running) equates to about 5:1 in terms of miles covered. That's WITH the freewheeling of course!Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
I said I counted TT as 1:1 (like you do - time-wise that is) but on the road I've always said a 90 min ride is worth a 45 min run. I always think it feels harder, more like a 60 min run, so (because like I say, I don't freewheel) I'm asking myself if I've been doing my bike rides down all these years and trying to re-assess things.
Although however much you try not to freewheel, road biking can't be as intense as TT can it?
Wot's your gearing, mines 42:18 and i'm now getting up some steep hills on it, Ripponden bank, if you know it
That only 63" - you might make it over the buttertubs!Wot's your gearing, mines 42:18 and i'm now getting up some steep hills on it, Ripponden bank, if you know it
Did a 30 miler the other week with a mate riding gears, dropped him on every climb, he only has one leg though
48:20 63.7 errr... roughly
Wot's your gearing, mines 42:18 and i'm now getting up some steep hills on it, Ripponden bank, if you know it
That's an eye popping grunty grinder of a gear brett, have you got Jan Ullrich legs
Reckoning on a 700c wheel
48:20 is 63.36
42:18 is 61.59
It's a very good twiddly gear.
Todays max speed was 33 mph
That's an eye popping grunty grinder of a gear brett, have you got Jan Ullrich legs
64.8 according to Sheldon Brown although crank length and wheel size may give a variation of that.
Think the Specialized was 68.5 unless you tinkered with the sprocket.
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