Manchester - Llandudno 25 April 2015 featuring the Inaugural Hill Climb Sausage Challenge

[fossyant]

I would imagine the Nova centre would be the best bet.

It's shut. There is a cafe next to it, but the Nova is going to be refurbed.

 

[Ootini]

It's shut. There is a cafe next to it, but the Nova is going to be refurbed.

Sorry I meant as a point for us Prestatynites to join the ride. Not as a cafe stop.

 

[pubrunner]

For a normal person I think it's just too steep for fixed. It's 1km average 13% (flattens out a lot after that) but according to local expert @Ootini it maxes at 27% on one bend. Hence the comp is furthest up the hill without stopping. Redeemable gift certificate at the Chippy is the prize

I asked a friend recently, how steep a hill might be managed on fixed; he told me that he once did the Winnats Pass on 54. Sorry to say, I don't know what is meant by '54', but it was on fixed.

 

[nickyboy]

I asked a friend recently, how steep a hill might be managed on fixed; he told me that he once did the Winnats Pass on 54. Sorry to say, I don't know what is meant by '54', but it was on fixed.

Gear inches?

Anyway, fixed up Winnats is insane. I can just about get up there on my lowest gear; 34/25. Our hill looks about as tough so it'll definitely "who gets furthest" rather than "fastest to the top"

 

[pubrunner]

Gear inches?

Anyway, fixed up Winnats is insane. I can just about get up there on my lowest gear; 34/25. Our hill looks about as tough so it'll definitely "who gets furthest" rather than "fastest to the top"

My friend wrote :

"Rode up Winnats on 54 " 1968 (POPULAR ratio at the time)"

I'm not sure how this gear inches thing works . . . so what size chainring is this at the front and what cog at the rear ?

 

[pubrunner]

Our hill looks about as tough so it'll definitely "who gets furthest" rather than "fastest to the top"

I'll enjoy watching those who are misguided enough to try .

 

[pubrunner]

Assuming a 27" wheel, anything that was twice as big at the front as the back.

How do you work the calculation ?

 

[pubrunner]

Assuming a 27" wheel, anything that was twice as big at the front as the back.

So it would been like cycling up Winnats on 48/24 or 34/17 ? He said a popular gearing, so more realistically, something like 42/21 ?

 

[pubrunner]

He also told me, that he did quite a few events on fixed, with 81" gearing . . . So how does that work, in terms of the front chainring and rear cog ?

 

[KneesUp]

How do you work the calculation ?

Gear inches = diameter of driven wheel x (number of teeth on front ring / number of teeth on rear cog)

It is a measure of how big he wheel would be to get the same forward motion from one turn of the pedals if you were on an enormous penny-farthing.

Edit: @User beat me to it.

 

[nickyboy]

A 52 / 26 wouldn't be far off my current big ring / big cog combination ... couldnt imagine going anywhere near the big ring on that hill.

If you're in the Sausage Challenge you ain't got no choice. Fixed or Fixed Equivalent

 

[nickyboy]

Is they the rulz?! Masochists!

See you in the pub!

You strike me as the kind of guy that could be tempted to stretch your legs for a jumbo sausage

 

[nickyboy]

What is fixed equivalent?

I need the proper fixed guys on the ride to confirm, but I understand that typical fixed gearing is something like 48-18 (no idea really, I googled it).

So to make the Challenge fair, anyone doing it on a geared bike needs to use the closest gear they have to the "typical fixed" gearing. And not sneakily change it half way up as well

 

[fossyant]

My 78 inch gear won't get me far. I doubt I would make the track crossing and traffic lights. After then it's game over as it's Winnats steep if not more.

 

[fossyant]

Is the challenge before chips and beer or after ?