Gearing which way to go

[markyp]

Pah! Dorstone Hill on 50x19.......!!

 

[bm0p700f]

How steep is that. I bet alot of squinting was needed!

 

[markyp]

1:5-1:4......my knees almost exploded

 

[bm0p700f]

I tied kopperberg (20ish %) after over 100 miles in 39:25T predictably I ground to a halt.

Obviously I am not as hard as rider in the 80's.

 

[markyp]

I think that to a certain degree....riders had no choice but to use relatively higher gearing. Due, I think, to the difficulty in getting smaller chainrings, for example...

 

[Ian Raleigh]

Well back in the early 80's we had to use 12t-17t or 13t-18t blocks, if you rode anything bigger you got laughed at and was considered a pussy!

So we just got on with the job of hammering up the hills no matter what! :facepalm: