Fortunately I had a date with my sons footy! Great ride though, I left Phil & Jezz at Everton, then TT'd back to Ashwell. Finished with just shy of 50 @ a shade over 20's... I believe they will have doubled that!!!
Gentlemen enjoy. I will be doing the usual, only setting off at about 07:30 (as it appears to be a solo outing). If anyone is interested in joining me just post it here - cheers.
looks like I have ground clearance for sunday this week, am aiming to join your ride again soon though Phil, you & Jezz inspired me last week with your seemingly effortless ability to kick the crap out of me ;-)
thanks robbie/mc
what a nice ride at least when your on fixed i can keep up finished on 62 miles @17 mph ave just shows how hills and a stiff breeze can do.
as we were back earley i have a green light to do a few more miles even on the wife's birthday result.will do a circuit of cardington hill etc.
it the weather is ok.
cheers
strappy.
I'll check on the Garmin how much climbing we did on that route. Went out on Sunday afternoon for a couple of hours... very steady in that wind!
Next week same route first half then Sundon! Been up that thing a couple of times on the fixed - with and involuntary track stand half way up.
A glorious round 7 of 109 on the fixed. On call next weekend so round 8 for me will probably be umpteen laps of the TT as need to stay close to home - cheers.
I think inches is a bit more esoteric than that. not the inches of forward travel but rather the diameter of a penny farthing wheel of equivalent gear ratio. That is the distance traveled forward on 46 / 18 is the same as the distance traveled forward on a penny farthing with a 69 inch wheel. A hang over from when gears were first invented and when previously the only way to have a bigger gear was get a bigger wheel!
Think of inches as a valueless number.
There is a very good app for this called Bike gears and it factors in tyre size as well
I've learnt something there, including the meaning of esoteric! My mistake I was using diameter not circumference, which for some reason gets you pretty close. Sorry skelders.
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C u next week
Wallington
Weston
Whitwell
Lilley
Henlow
Langford (maybe add on 10m to Wimpole roundabout)
i am off again this saturday nice route that,i needs some hill work see you at 8.00am.
cheers
strappy.
Alistair
Alistair
what a nice ride at least when your on fixed i can keep up finished on 62 miles @17 mph ave just shows how hills and a stiff breeze can do.
as we were back earley i have a green light to do a few more miles even on the wife's birthday result.will do a circuit of cardington hill etc.
it the weather is ok.
cheers
strappy.
Next week same route first half then Sundon! Been up that thing a couple of times on the fixed - with and involuntary track stand half way up.
Alistair
We had a hilly 70m+ fixed ride including Sundon Hill.
Top ride and pacy.
MC
Robbie
Alistair
Jez
James
42 x 4.5 = st emillion 13.5%
(chest x arm length x thirst)
ps- Kit- any luck with my jeans yet?!
48 x 18 = 72"
48 x 19 = 68.21"
46 x 18 = 69"
42 x 16 = 70.88"
also our crank lengths vary from 165-170-175mm.
But the 13.5% St Emillion tastes nicer.
I can only make Sunday this week I am afraid. Have a good ride on Sat.
Alistair
Skelders it's the inches travelled forward per one pedal rotation. Circumference of wheel (in inches) x (front ring/back cog)
:-}
Think of inches as a valueless number.
There is a very good app for this called Bike gears and it factors in tyre size as well