Tea? (Part 2)

[phil_hg_uk]

Shall I confess that I've got granny gears on all my bikes, these days......and it's not as if Hertfordshire is hilly, my legs don't seem to work as well as they used to

I think potsy should bring along his new bike then he can keep me company as we walk from Hebdon Bridge in a big circle

 

[ColinJ]

If you recall, I rode SITD 2012 on a (non-compact) double and I didn't have any problems ...

... except for having to walk a couple of the steepest sections ...

... and my right leg exploding in Keighley!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

If you recall, I rode SITD 2012 on a (non-compact) double and I didn't have any problems ...

... except for having to walk a couple of the steepest sections ...

... and my right leg exploding in Keighley!

Oh well thats ok then

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I was thinking about getting a compact last year .............. then I rememberd that I am and old Bastard and decided I better not.

 

[ColinJ]

I was thinking about getting a compact last year .............. then I rememberd that I am and old b****** and decided I better not.

At one time, I was comfortable doing 20% climbs on that double-equipped bike but then I got older, fatter, unfitter and, er, sicker! It would probably make sense to put a compact chainset on it now, but I'll see what kind of fitness level I can't get to before making the decision.

 

[coffeejo]

Mine's a compact. If I was buying it again, I'd get a triple.

 

[potsy]

Wuss's

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Mine's a compact. If I was buying it again, I'd get a triple.

I would need to try a compact to make my mind up.

Before xmas I hardley ever used my Granny ring, but as I have not been cycling much I seem to be in it on just about every hill at the moment so I guess when my hill climbing legs return I could probably make do but I do love my Triple

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Triples rule on all my bikes. Wish I'd discovered them many years before I did

 

[TVC]

One of my bikes only has one gear, because I'm a real man, just saying

 

[potsy]

Morning ?

 

[Nihal]

 

[GM]

Shall I confess that I've got granny gears on all my bikes, these days......and it's not as if Hertfordshire is hilly, my legs don't seem to work as well as they used to

I think I need a Triple for some of the hills around Hertfordshire. Triple bypass that is!

 

[Arch]

Well, it's sunny again, so we're planning a few trips to the tip with rubble.....

 

[TheDoctor]

Rubble, eh? Some people have all the fun
Sunny here too - I think it's finally time to brave the outside world.
My Carbon Uberbike will be thinking I don't love it any more...