vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Lord, I ask ye, to forgive me !
- Thread starter gb155
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I've got a triple and I use the middle ring a lot, which would be most people's small ring. Having said that, I use the other two rings a lot as well.
If I had to give up one ring, it would be the big ring, except that I've already given up my 12 and 13 sprockets, so that would be a bit of a blow. My highest gear would be 39/14 which is a bit low given the nice long downhills we have round here (I have a 4.5 mile descent straight into Hebden Bridge, and one nearly 6 miles long into nearby Mytholmroyd).
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
Well I ride a triple, have made the small ring smaller - and use it!!!
To me the shame is getting off and walking it up the hill - which I never do! (Even along the north devon coast)
To me the shame is getting off and walking it up the hill - which I never do! (Even along the north devon coast)
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
I have gone so far as to remove the big ring from a few of my bikes.
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
My three bikes all have triples.
As the 'our lady arch' did speaketh, the lord would have not given us our 'geary spread' if he had not wanted us to use them?
my triples are:
Galaxy= 26-36-46T
Rockhopper= 22-32-44T
Euros=30-42-50t
As we know not all triples are equal, though some more equal than others.
"The cyclepath of the rightfully geared man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the fixed-gear and the tyranny of evil big rings. Blessed is he who, in the name of cycling and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness using his many gears, for he is truly his bicycles keeper and the finder of lost gears. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my gearage. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my granny-ring upon you."
As the 'our lady arch' did speaketh, the lord would have not given us our 'geary spread' if he had not wanted us to use them?
my triples are:
Galaxy= 26-36-46T
Rockhopper= 22-32-44T
Euros=30-42-50t
As we know not all triples are equal, though some more equal than others.
"The cyclepath of the rightfully geared man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the fixed-gear and the tyranny of evil big rings. Blessed is he who, in the name of cycling and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness using his many gears, for he is truly his bicycles keeper and the finder of lost gears. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my gearage. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my granny-ring upon you."
BearPear
Veteran
- Location
- God's Own County
I wouldn't be cycling at all if it weren't for the granny gear - any direction from my house is up some flippin' great hill.
Each to his/her own.
Each to his/her own.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
FTFY.
Bikes were designed to make human movement more efficient and relatively effortless. Why some folk want to make things difficult for themselves is beyond me.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I like being 'Our Lady Arch'. Do I have to appear to random forummers in barns and stuff?
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
: Yes!
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
I like being 'Our Lady Arch'. Do I have to appear to random forummers in barns and stuff?
Your private life is nothing to do with us!!
Just don't go appearing to random forummers in Barnsley
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
- Location
- Reading
Use of the granny gear is just about acceptable off road on a mountain bike, although I noticed at a couple of MTB races that some cyclists used compact doubles. I believe the granny ring is also acceptable in the final stages of a ridiculously long audax. In fact, you may even gain added kudos as obviously you'd only resort to it when completely exhausted. It probably helps the effect if you have a big ring, slightly smaller ring and a much smaller bale out ring. Also acceptable would be something like a 52/39/36 and a straight through cassette on the back, as this gives the impression that you are thinking about chain line efficiency, and not just being a wuss. Using an equally spaced triple, such as a 50/40/30, especially if you also have big dinner plate gears on the back, marks you out as an amateur, and the sort of person who would use a granny ring because they have no male pride or don't know any better.
