On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:27:43 +0100, "Russ"
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<[email hidden]>:
Quoted message said:The hill west (with the single arrow) - a real pig and you
get my respect if you can do that with a gear to spare on
anything other than an mtb or the hill east - still a
decent climb but one I've only ever done on the mtb rather
than the road bike - 27mtb gears is cheating on that sort
of a hill
The one East. The hill West (Streatley Hill?) used to be on
the course for the Hairy Legs Challenge, I think, but last
year they took the Ridgeway instead, which was a bit easy
and I breezed up it :-)
The hill East is still not an easy one. My bottom gear is
30", the one I used today about 35". Hopefully by Summer I
should be able to climb it using the road cassette on the
'bent which gives me about the same ratios. At present I
have the winter cassette on (when the 'bent isn't bent, that
is) which has a 23 1/2" bottom gear.
So, not particularly hairy-chested, but I'm not displeased,
especially given that I'm carrying luggage.
--
Guy
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