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amirm wrote:
pfft. that's lightweight and there is no head wind and no gradient. Shame shame. Yeah.. hangs head... but to come clean, I'm running that gear becaus that was what was on the bike when I bought it and I've not had an desire to change it. I've only got a limited selection of track gear and figured I should learn on the smallest gear I owned. Since th season ended before I really got into racing (got in a decent cras though - still carry the marks...) I never started playing with gea selection lame-o-excuso-hippy ;- - |
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"hippy" wrote in message .. . Originally posted by Gemma Kernich Cheers Gemma (50x15 is my favourite!) Damn! I only ride 49x16... what???!! That's only an 82.7" (as opposed to my 90 dead That's a warmup gear :P Time for a new cog my son! The biggest I've ridden is a 50x14 (96.4) in a motorpaced event, it felt really good till the derny pulled off the track! Gemma |
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Gemma Kernich wrote:
"hippy" wrote in message .. . Originally posted by Gemma Kernich Cheers Gemma (50x15 is my favourite!) Damn! I only ride 49x16... what???!! That's only an 82.7" (as opposed to my 90 dead That's a warmup gear :P Time for a new cog my son! The biggest I've ridden is a 50x14 (96.4) in a motorpaced event, it felt really good till the derny pulled off the track! Gemma pffft! 50x14? Was that a hillclimb Gemma? ;P -- Nick (who has never ridden fixed in his life) |
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Originally posted by Gemma Kernic
Damn! I only ride 49x16.. what???!! That's only an 82.7" (as opposed to my 90 dead That's warmup gear :P Time for a new cog my son! The biggest I've ridden is 50x14 (96.4) in a motorpaced event, it felt really good till the dern pulled off the track! Gemm Awight grrl you're on! ;- gruntsscowlspretends to be Ryan Bayley/Sean Eadie Along with the piles of other track gear I'm in need of.. a MASSIVE gea is added to the list : If we meet in a race, I'll fit it and hopefully my lardbutt will creat enough momentum rolling down the bank to wind it up before you destro me with an early jump! : DRS can film/photograph my knees exploding ;- hipp - Who's got a spare 62T chainring lying around? 11T track cog - |
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"hippy" wrote in message .. . Originally posted by Gemma Kernich Cheers Gemma (50x15 is my favourite!) Damn! I only ride 49x16... hippy Hip, All this talk about inches made me think to ask you what sort of gear you have planned for the fixie? On mine I run a 76 (42x15) coupled to a 172.5mm crank arms which I find good for most stuff I do around Melbourne metro area which includes, the occasional North Road Ride, South Morang to Mordialloc and occasional rides to work. I tend not to ride this bike in the wet as it does not have sealed bearings (Sealed bearing Suzue hubs with lockring, sealed BB and Headset are coming soon). On the flat it's not unreasonable to sit on 40km/h (cadence = 105rpm) and for the downhills comfortably allows for around 50km/h (130rpm). This gear also works when the road goes slightly upward and the longer cranks also help in this department. Some thing to be aware of when looking for cranks is your bottom bracket height. If the cranks you chose are too long you will have a much reduced pedal clearance when taking corners. You may need to look at something in the 165-170 range if this is likely to be a problem. Another piece of advice is to use a quality chainring. The rounder the chainring the less likely you are to throw a chain. If the chainring is not perfectly round then you will see the tension of the chain drop or increase significantly as the cranks are turned. I'll leave it to your imagination the potential carnage due throwing chain off the ring and it then becoming stuck between the spider and the crankarm. This is probably more critical when using a 3/32nd road chain setup as opposed to 1/8th track chain setup as the former is laterally more flexible. And when you finally get this beast of yours on the road head down to beach road and jump into a pack. Besides the strange looks you'll get due to the fact your bike is not like the other bikes you will also notice that on the uphills you climb faster than the geared bikes despite your bike weight being nearly twice the weight of the other bikes around it. And better still you get to pedal for the whole ride. Cheers Geoff btw. I have had a quick a look at your pics from the 2004 Madison Meet at VA. I notice you got a few shots of me. Once I've had a better look I might get some copies from you if that's ok. |
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"hippy" wrote in message .. . Originally posted by Gemma Kernich Damn! I only ride 49x16... what???!! That's only an 82.7" (as opposed to my 90 dead That's a warmup gear :P Time for a new cog my son! The biggest I've ridden is a 50x14 (96.4) in a motorpaced event, it felt really good till the derny pulled off the track! Gemma Awight grrl you're on! ;-) gruntsscowlspretends to be Ryan Bayley/Sean Eadie Along with the piles of other track gear I'm in need of.. a MASSIVE gear is added to the list :P If we meet in a race, I'll fit it and hopefully my lardbutt will create enough momentum rolling down the bank to wind it up before you destroy me with an early jump! You a lard butt? And me with a 'jump' - unlikely! *grin* You aint seen me yet..... I'll up the stakes now, after 8(!) years of posting here I'll reveal myself To give you an idea of the size of me, I ride a 57cm.... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~gkernich/JCTDUwomens.JPG Cheers Gemma "I should charge for sponsors names to appear across the rear of my shorts" Kernich |
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"Gemma Kernich" wrote in message ... "hippy" wrote in message .. . Originally posted by Gemma Kernich Damn! I only ride 49x16... what???!! That's only an 82.7" (as opposed to my 90 dead That's a warmup gear :P Time for a new cog my son! The biggest I've ridden is a 50x14 (96.4) in a motorpaced event, it felt really good till the derny pulled off the track! Gemma Awight grrl you're on! ;-) gruntsscowlspretends to be Ryan Bayley/Sean Eadie Along with the piles of other track gear I'm in need of.. a MASSIVE gear is added to the list :P If we meet in a race, I'll fit it and hopefully my lardbutt will create enough momentum rolling down the bank to wind it up before you destroy me with an early jump! You a lard butt? And me with a 'jump' - unlikely! *grin* You aint seen me yet..... I'll up the stakes now, after 8(!) years of posting here I'll reveal myself To give you an idea of the size of me, I ride a 57cm.... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~gkernich/JCTDUwomens.JPG Cheers Gemma "I should charge for sponsors names to appear across the rear of my shorts" Kernich Nice website Gemma. Very er.. minimalist. (in a zen type of way.) This is my website. Needs some prettying up. http://www.hyperactive.oz.nf/ Marty |
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"Gemma Kernich" wrote in message
[...] You a lard butt? And me with a 'jump' - unlikely! *grin* You aint seen me yet..... I'll up the stakes now, after 8(!) years of posting here I'll reveal myself To give you an idea of the size of me, I ride a 57cm.... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~gkernich/JCTDUwomens.JPG Cheers Gemma "I should charge for sponsors names to appear across the rear of my shorts" Kernich That's a nice photo but do you realise that jpegs don't have to weigh as much as your bum? -- A: Top-posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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"DRS" wrote in message ... "Gemma Kernich" wrote in message [...] You a lard butt? And me with a 'jump' - unlikely! *grin* You aint seen me yet..... I'll up the stakes now, after 8(!) years of posting here I'll reveal myself To give you an idea of the size of me, I ride a 57cm.... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~gkernich/JCTDUwomens.JPG Cheers Gemma "I should charge for sponsors names to appear across the rear of my shorts" Kernich That's a nice photo but do you realise that jpegs don't have to weigh as much as your bum? yeah yeah When I have a sec I will fix it, I promise! (The jpg that is, my bum has taken years of cultivation and isn't going away anytime soon Only knocked up that 'minimalist' page last night, haven't written html in many moons, most of it isn't working yet, too many typos. Gemm |
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Originally posted by Geoff All this talk about inches made me think t
ask you what sort of gear you have planned for the fixie? On mine I ru a 76 (42x15) coupled to a 172.5mm crank arms which I find good for mos stuff I do around Melbourne metro area whic I was going to see what's available and pick something in th lower/middle range. 63xc guys suggest high 60's or low 70's but that' probably for offroad fixie riding and might be too low The SS is 32:15 with 175mm cranks and 26" wheels w/ slicks. I fin myself spinning out quite and bit and it really needs to be geare higher, but I like it on those days when I'm really tired (often) I got a new fastest cadence the other day on it: 34 x 6.. um.. rack notoriously slow brain.. 204bpm Cracked 200! I want a cadenc computer though, for an official reading. I find it really hard t actually count as fast as I can pedal You may need to look at something in the 165-170 range if this i likely to be a problem I wanted to fit 165mm to match my track setup Another piece of advice is to use a quality chainring. The rounder th chainring the less likely you are to throw a chain. If the chainring i not perfectly round then you will see the tension of the chain drop o increase significantly as the cranks are turned. I'll leave it to you imagination the potential carnage due throwing chain off the ring an it then becoming stuck between the spider and the crankarm Damn my imagination! Sounds painful.. I will have to start trying t skid the bike as soon as it's built for handling these emergenc situations.. mmm skids. And when you finally get this beast of yours on the road head down t beach road and jump into a pack. Besides the strange looks you'll ge due to the fact your bike is not like the other bikes you will als notice that on the uphills you climb faster than the geared bike despite you Strange looks are good : I -have- heard that fixies climb faster than gearies.. I like the soun of that! If I have juice in my legs I often beat (slower) roadies u hills on my commute on the SS because they gear too easy or too hard fo the climbs I have had a quick a look at your pics from the 2004 Madison Meet a VA. I notice you got a few shots of me. Once I've had a better look might get some copies from you if that's ok Cool. I've also got some shots from Sunday's Track Worlds that will g up when I have, I mean, when I -make- time. hipp - |
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