TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
More thinking the P fairy paying a visit!
Who wants to give me a lesson in gearing??
- Thread starter Wigbank
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SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
The added pressure on knees comes with locking the joints. By doing that you put pressure on the joints as opposed to the muscle, this is bad.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
It still doesn't answer how my right knee/thigh seems to be getting better. I understand what your saying, but in my case it seems to be improving, its not perfect I still get twinges both grinding and spinning, but nothing that doesn't go away if I ease off.
Lanzecki
Über Member
- Location
- A Boreen, Ireland
The lightweight was doing it in trainers. Real men use clipless.
Hip Priest
Veteran
At my age it's freakin' awesome, frightening and one mofo adrenalin rush.
You look down at the tyre thinking..."what if?...", you feel your wheels flexing in the bend at 46mph and think the same.
You then wait for the next fat incline and think....." Come get some"
46mph? Chapeau. I get the heebie-jeebies on fast descents and have never topped 35mph. Probably for the best at the moment, given the number of craters in the Northumberland lanes!
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
You must have led a very sheltered life!
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
True, bus shelters, train shelters, I've done 'em all ....
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
That was on a ride from Hawes, Leyburn, Richmond back to Newcastle - the section fom Hawes to Leyburn if my memory serves me right.
Colleague on the same stretch ahead of me already had 2 busted spokes on his rear wheel at that point and a third went as the downhill bottomed out.
He continued the next 70 miles like that but disconnected the rear brake!
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
I've always been a borderline grinder, but am continually trying to move towards spinner. My thigh muscles are over-developed compared to the calves, although the latter have improved over the last several years. I've found changing my cadence to be difficult. I don't know if that's just me, though. Perhaps I'm just not trying hard enough to change my pedaling technique.
I noticed something interesting on one my more recent climbs up a mountain east of Melbourne: I've been up it on at least half a dozen occasions now, and it typically takes me 90 minutes to ascend. I was in the habit of using 39/16 gearing (a triple crankset on a touring bike). On this occasion, though, I decided to use 39/18 (i.e. middle cog on both front and rear), and to my surprise ascended the mountain in exactly 90 minutes as before, but with legs feeling more refreshed. So yes, I really must move more towards spinning.
I noticed something interesting on one my more recent climbs up a mountain east of Melbourne: I've been up it on at least half a dozen occasions now, and it typically takes me 90 minutes to ascend. I was in the habit of using 39/16 gearing (a triple crankset on a touring bike). On this occasion, though, I decided to use 39/18 (i.e. middle cog on both front and rear), and to my surprise ascended the mountain in exactly 90 minutes as before, but with legs feeling more refreshed. So yes, I really must move more towards spinning.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Sounds like you've reached the sweet spot, where gearing and effort meet,victor.
