First SS Experience

"GeeDubb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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OK so I did a few things wrong......

First was riding in Flagstaff at >7000' for my first ride

But you're used to that noise.

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Second was riding up the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for my
first ride

More exercise.

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Third, I rode after working construction all day after being out of
construction for over a year and a half........for my first ride.

Whiner.

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Fourth was riding down the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for
my first and only ride so far.

That could be scary if it got technical. I prefer clipped in almost every
time..

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Thankfully I'm not singing tenor, didn't crash, and got to ride. The
Kenda tires hooked up better than expected though I aired them down a lot.
I may now know why JD rides with toe clips.....because it's a lot easier
to walk in hiking type shoes than bike shoes. don't ask.........

Which Kendas have you got? I've got the big Kinetics on my SS, and a Blue
Groove on the hardtail. Great tires.

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I'll try toe clips next but I'm seeing new clipless pedals for my new ss.

Gary (wishing I was springier than I am......)

Watch your knees. It's tempting to stand up and hammer everywhere, it's so
much fun, but from my exp and others, you oughta start out kinda slow,
since your knees aren't used to the fact that they don't get to spin easy
gears when the going gets tough.

What ratio are you running? I'm running 32x20 and it helps me clean most
hills, but tops out around 20mph on the flats and downhills.

CDB

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:18:58 -0700, "GeeDubb" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

OK so I did a few things wrong......

First was riding in Flagstaff at >7000' for my first ride

Second was riding up the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for my
first ride

Third, I rode after working construction all day after being out of
construction for over a year and a half........for my first ride.

Fourth was riding down the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for my
first and only ride so far.

Thankfully I'm not singing tenor, didn't crash, and got to ride. The Kenda
tires hooked up better than expected though I aired them down a lot. I may
now know why JD rides with toe clips.....because it's a lot easier to walk
in hiking type shoes than bike shoes. don't ask.........

I'll try toe clips next but I'm seeing new clipless pedals for my new ss.

Gary (wishing I was springier than I am......)

Nice!
Bill

The First law, Inertia: Unless acted upon by an outside force,
a body at rest tends to stay at rest,
and a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
Sir Isaac Newton

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:00:37 -0600, "Paladin" <[email hidden]>

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What ratio are you running? I'm running 32x20 and it helps me clean most
hills, but tops out around 20mph on the flats and downhills.

CDB

And I thought I was a wimp at 32x18 ;-)

Bill

The First law, Inertia: Unless acted upon by an outside force,
a body at rest tends to stay at rest,
and a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
Sir Isaac Newton

Bill Wheeler said:

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:00:37 -0600, "Paladin" <[email hidden]>

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What ratio are you running? I'm running 32x20 and it helps me clean most
hills, but tops out around 20mph on the flats and downhills.

CDB

And I thought I was a wimp at 32x18 ;-)

Bill

You still are :-D

--
Slack

GeeDubb said:

OK so I did a few things wrong......

First was riding in Flagstaff at >7000' for my first ride

Second was riding up the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for
my first ride

Third, I rode after working construction all day after being out of
construction for over a year and a half........for my first ride.

Fourth was riding down the trail with flat pedals with no toe clips, for
my first and only ride so far.

Thankfully I'm not singing tenor, didn't crash, and got to ride. The
Kenda tires hooked up better than expected though I aired them down a
lot. I may now know why JD rides with toe clips.....because it's a lot
easier to walk in hiking type shoes than bike shoes. don't ask.........

I'll try toe clips next but I'm seeing new clipless pedals for my new ss.

Gary (wishing I was springier than I am......)

It's ok to admit you made a mistake. Now you can return to that double
boinger fluffy couch of a full-sus rig :-)

--
Slack - on the couch & not going anywhere

"Slack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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It's ok to admit you made a mistake. Now you can return to that double
boinger fluffy couch of a full-sus rig :-)

--
Slack - on the couch & not going anywhere

yea, I did that this morning only because I was riding with another guy and
didn't want to slow him down. He had an extra set of toe clips so I'll try
that tomorrow.

"Paladin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > What ratio are you running?
I'm running 32x20 and it helps me clean most

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hills, but tops out around 20mph on the flats and downhills.

CDB

who knows? I guess I should walk and and check. It's 2:1, that's all I was
told so stand to reason it's 32x16 but it doesn't feel that difficult....

hold on......it is 32x16, tires are Kenda Karma 26x2.0.

I was spinning like crazy on a lot of the trail I rode but I had to walk
several of the short little rocky climbs. I think that was due to not being
able to pull the pedals (which I was instinctively trying to do....).

I'm thinking I might go to a 20 on the rear to continue but then what's the
point.... :-)

Gary

GeeDubb said:

"Slack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

It's ok to admit you made a mistake. Now you can return to that
double boinger fluffy couch of a full-sus rig :-)

--
Slack - on the couch & not going anywhere

yea, I did that this morning only because I was riding with another guy
and didn't want to slow him down. He had an extra set of toe clips so
I'll try that tomorrow.

Sounds like a good indoctrination. It only gets better from there!

As far as pedals, I'd just go with whatever you are used to on your
other bike(s). May as well not be learning new pedal handling with the
other skills you're needing to perfect IMO.

I'm still convinced that clips are incredibly awkward offroad, and
clipless are they way to go!

Matt

GeeDubb said:

"Slack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

It's ok to admit you made a mistake. Now you can return to that
double boinger fluffy couch of a full-sus rig :-)

--
Slack - on the couch & not going anywhere

yea, I did that this morning only because I was riding with another guy
and didn't want to slow him down. He had an extra set of toe clips so
I'll try that tomorrow.

You use clipless on your other bike, so why wouldn't you on the SS?

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Slack said:

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And I thought I was a wimp at 32x18 ;-)

Bill

You still are :-D

word,

The First law, Inertia: Unless acted upon by an outside force,
a body at rest tends to stay at rest,
and a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
Sir Isaac Newton