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In article , Simon wrote: wrote in message .. . Nice site - thanks. I'm curious, how many of you actually shift gears in order? For me, to go up one gear, I'd have to go to the big ring and then go to two larger cogs. To go to the next higher gear, I'd have to go to the small ring and go to 3 smaller cogs. I used ot shift like that, back in the 10-speed days. Today, with so many more closely-spaced gears, I don't think there's much benefit in following the exact order of gears by constantly shifting the front ring. I think of the front rings more in terms of a gear range now. _ Google "half-step gearing" and "alpine gearing" to learn way more than you ever need to know about bike gear setups. With the advent of 8,9,10 speed clusters most bikes are setup for "alpine gearing" where you use a subset of the cluster with each front chainring and only shift the front when you reach the end of the subset. Even with 30 available gears, most bikes have at most 14-15 distinct gears. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQ0VoWWTWTAjn5N/lAQGupAP7B1TG605NRJgO8QKahW2i2BaKWJnEkF5W QHOCflmAQ6gH9HbL6751MP4GP/aUsVw+PrNIvwdtBoshY82REHAZXyYyWLFkQAE4 WeR6DmYGEVg2VNzS6qRxG9iDIfOM0MQOabdPsJkgnAFit689io mbDbjX85X4oeKX 80gWg0OoeTA= =GKA6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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jj wrote:
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:55:15 -0600, Rich wrote: wrote: I'm curious, how many of you actually shift gears in order? For me, to go up one gear, I'd have to go to the big ring and then go to two larger cogs. To go to the next higher gear, I'd have to go to the small ring and go to 3 smaller cogs. I do not. I ride primarily in the middle sprocket (of three). I shift only to the small one if climbing steep hills, and only to the upper one if I'm going too fast for the middle one. I train in the large sprocket, and get most hills in the 52x19, though my cadence suffers. I'm trying to keep it at least 70 on the short hills around here. You must only have about 5% hills because on a 10% or better I don't think I could pull that gear even in attack mode standing on it. For longer rides that are near my limit, I'll go to the middle ring, same gears in back. That nearly instantly gives me faster more favorable cadence, though I try to maintain at least 80rpm when training, which requires a lot of concentration, for me. I figure - make it harder in training and then ease off when going for a longer ride, or a group ride or event. jj Why is everybody training?? I thought bicycling was to be enjoyed for the freedom from gas and just plain being away from a desk. I get into training mode sometimes not even thinking about it, but then again at 57 what would I be training for? I'm training for a century, and not the miles kind. I would like to think of myself as still riding and enjoying the outdoors at 110 years old. Bill Baka |
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The Wogster wrote: Very few, because, as you have found, the gears are not in order, and when there is more then one chain ring, *********** I know my ignorance is showing here, but having never ridden a bike the gears just confuse me. My gears are in order but I only have 3 speeds on my trike. |
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Violet Tigress wrote:
In article , The Wogster wrote: Very few, because, as you have found, the gears are not in order, and when there is more then one chain ring, *********** I know my ignorance is showing here, but having never ridden a bike the gears just confuse me. My gears are in order but I only have 3 speeds on my trike. Oops typo, that should have read -- the gears are not in order, when there is more then one chain ring. This is because with more then one chain ring, there is a bit of overlap, so it might be (front/rear) 2/3 then 1/4 then 3/3 then 2/4.... W |
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