Big ring fever?

[jimboalee]

That's a personal thing. For me, mine is fine.

Buy a bike with a selection of ratios to suit most situations...

or do complicated calculations....

or swap & change sprockets & rings before the ride to suit the terrain...

or take a pocketfull of sprockets and a spanner with you 'just in case'.

The choice is yours.

 

[Crankarm]

This is a proper big ring ........


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q77GMkXzOVE&feature=player_embedded

Was no one impressed by this big ring ?

 

[gaz]

It was one hell of a ring...

 

[BentMikey]

My previous bike had a 70t big ring. I used it all the time, and I'm a spinner, not a grinder.

 

[Debian]

I don't what ring I'm on, what does it matter?

I find a comfortable combination and use that.

 

[Chrisc]

I don't what ring I'm on, what does it matter?

I find a comfortable combination and use that.

Novelty value, never had one before so am liking the speed and power on the flats but it's not done my knees any good! I'll get used to it and behave eventually.

 

[PpPete]

It was one hell of a ring...

232" gear.......OMG!

 

[Crankarm]

232" gear.......OMG!

He's looked at my ring!

.

 

[GrasB]

Buy a bike with a selection of ratios to suit most situations...

or do complicated calculations....

or swap & change sprockets & rings before the ride to suit the terrain...

or take a pocketfull of sprockets and a spanner with you 'just in case'.

The choice is yours.

This of course is the problem with a fixed/single speed. Around here it's not really a problem as you'll never find anything above about 3% sustained for more than a few 100m. Where I was on Sunday however a single speed would leave all but the most flexible riders (in cadence terms) struggling.

 

[Matty]

This of course is the problem with attraction of a fixed/single speed. Around here it's not really a problem as you'll never find anything above about 3% sustained for more than a few 100m. Where I was on Sunday however a single speed would leave all but the most flexible riders (in cadence terms) struggling.

That's the challenge!

 

[GrasB]

Matty, it's the problem that you have to overcome, that's both the curse & the blessing of riding with only one gear.

 

[jimboalee]

I was on 68" all the way this morning to simulate the SS scenario.

Up the 10%, PowerCalc says I was pulling 360 Watts.

For a low cadence ( 35 rpm ) muscley B like me, it was a 'leg press' and 'hamstring curl' job using the SPDs to their full potential.

 

[Matty]

I was on 68" all the way this morning to simulate the SS scenario.

Up the 10%, PowerCalc says I was pulling 360 Watts.

For a low cadence ( 35 rpm ) muscley B like me, it was a 'leg press' and 'hamstring curl' job using the SPDs to their full potential.

I did something similar for about 4 months before taking the plunge and buying a single-speed.

 

[buddha]

I got the geared bike out 2 days ago (I've been riding s/s for the past 6 months ish). Firstly, for some reason I was in more pain than usual. And I'd 'forgotten' how to spin up a hill in a low gear - it just felt wrong. Though spinning a high gear on the flats and descents was easy.

 

[Chrisc]

I was just in pain cos I didn't have the sense to realise that I'm too old to shove the big gears up the hill and got carried away with the excitement of the new faster lighter bike.