Is this worth 2700??

[T4tomo]

Its very subjective, that's about 41 gear inches, so yes you can get up a 10% hill on that. but would you want to do that all day / at the back end of a long ride or for an extreme example, Mont Ventoux, that averages about 8% and doesn't have much over 10%, but you wouldn't be "fine" on that gearing.

anyway we digress - its not a very practical bike, even if you like its aesthetics. I think the extreme aero position is more of an issue that its gears.

 

[vickster]

The OP says 90% of his riding is flat so he’s not riding in the Alps all day

 

[Legs]

Stop it. You're killing me.
It's the way you tell 'em.

No, it's eminently possible. I've ridden my TT bike, with a single ring and bottom gear of 55x28, on lots of hilly courses, including the Dursley RC Hardriders which goes up Old London Road in Wotton with pitches of >20%. Okay, I wouldn't want to ride an Alpe on it, but it's a pretty low gear really.
I've also ridden Winnats Pass on 42x23 (because that's the way it was done in ye olden days).

 

[T4tomo]

No, it's eminently possible. I've ridden my TT bike, with a single ring and bottom gear of 55x28, on lots of hilly courses, including the Dursley RC Hardriders which goes up Old London Road in Wotton with pitches of >20%. Okay, I wouldn't want to ride an Alpe on it, but it's a pretty low gear really.
I've also ridden Winnats Pass on 42x23 (because that's the way it was done in ye olden days).

I bet you're not 90Kg like the OP is though...

 

[Legs]

It's also not sensible to ridicule a poster for positing that 50x32 is a sufficiently small gear for riding a bike like that. It is virtually equivalent to 39x25, which is as small a gear as most riders would have or need on a race or fairweather rapid bike.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

It is virtually equivalent to 39x25,

In mathematical terms it is, but in practical terms one is a lot easier to use than the other.

 

[Legs]

In mathematical terms it is, but in practical terms one is a lot easier to use than the other.

Really? 50x32 would be marginally more efficient, but I’d be surprised if it were discernible.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

@Ming the Merciless is a tough cookie. He can take a bit of ridicule

After all he rides around on one of those funny recumbent things so he must be used to it.

I pilot it at light speed I’ll have you know. The Shimano space time curvature drive made all the difference.

 

[Reynard]

I ride out in the fens, which is, well, flat, and that kind of gearing would totally bust me. Especially riding on an arrow-straight road into a hoolie of a headwind.

But then again, I weigh nearly 40kg less than the OP.

Oh yeah, and the bike offends my sense of aesthetics too. Besides, it's not red.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oh yeah, and the bike offends my sense of aesthetics too. Besides, it's not red.

My bike isn’t red but travelling at light speed it will appear blue as I approach and red as I move away. Blink and you’ll miss me.

 

[Reynard]

My bike isn’t red but travelling at light speed it will appear blue as I approach and red as I move away. Blink and you’ll miss me.

Ah. Doppler effect.

Still be able to hear you even if I don't see you, as sound also changes.

 

[Fairlight PSB]

Presume this is it . Did you buy and are selling already ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/28397519
3T Strada AquaBlue Road Bike

 

[cougie uk]

I only know of Cork from the Young Offenders show - but looked to be some cracking hills round there. How does the bike cope I wonder ?