Zwift Chat

[alex_cycles]

Some years ago, I lent a lad from our club my spare 50/34 Ultegra crank and fitted a 36t cassette for him, when he did a coast to coast club event. He was chuffed to bits saying he was one of the very few that managed to cycle up Hardknott.

When I went to the Lake District I took my gravel bike for various reasons. I ended up doing Honister, Newlands and Whinlatter on it. I think it has a 46/30 front cog and a 32 on the back, which is very similar ratio to 34:36

(I lied - it's a 48/32, so not quite as good 1:1 vs 0.94:1)

 

[Legs]

The first time I went to the Lake District was with my cycling club 20 years ago. We did a 100-mile ride that went over Wrynose and Hardknott from east to west (so apparently the ‘easy’ side of Hardknott - I’m not sure Wrynose has an ‘easy’ side!), and I just about managed to get over both on 42x28 without putting a foot down…