Smug bragging

[johnr]

I've got a rear derrailleur problem, so can only use the top ring until it's fixed tomorrow. The hill outside my village, which I used to have to walk up the last bit of when I started commuting, has now been conquered on the top ring . Twice .

Sorry to brag, but friends and family are singularly unimpressed.

 

[Twizit]

 

[4F]

Nice one, well done

 

[Spinney]

I'm impressed...

 

[Brommie77]

Well done mate - family are never impressed with stuff like that - its why forums like this exist!

 

[Fletch456]

I'm impressed too! Well done.

 

[oliglynn]

Nice one

My girlfriend would be similarly unimpressed if I told her about such a feat.

 

[Moodyman]

Non-cyclists don't appreciate things like that.

I stopped telling Mrs MM about my achievements long time ago. I used to get a 'Huh?'

 

[fimm]

Nice one
(I once had a front derrailleur problem, such that I was stuck in the big ring (and I run a standard, not a compact...) I nearly managed to impress Mr fimm by climbing hills like that...)

 

[XmisterIS]

Nice work! My ex was suitably unimpressed by my feats of hill-climbing ... until I took her out on a ride. We happened upon a moderate hill which caused me to slow down slightly. When I got to the top, I turned round and she was a small dot somewhere near the bottom! It took her ten more minutes to get up the hill, she stopped about a dozen times and nearly vomited!

 

[BlackPanther]

Nice work! My ex was suitably unimpressed by my feats of hill-climbing ... until I took her out on a ride. We happened upon a moderate hill which caused me to slow down slightly. When I got to the top, I turned round and she was a small dot somewhere near the bottom! It took her ten more minutes to get up the hill, she stopped about a dozen times and nearly vomited!

Your ex? Did you dump her because she couldn't cycle up the hill?

 

[iZaP]

Sweet!

I've done a thousand miles and still going just with the front big ring...

can't afford anything else. All the hills have to be tackled with the big ring

 

[JonnyBlade]

Onward and upward ........................... literally!!!

Keep it up

 

[buddha]

Another impressed/envious here!

Mainly because today I came to a grinding halt on a local hill, in the Kent North Downs, wondering why I couldn't push my lowest gear anymore? Turns out I was in the big ring too

 

[GrasB]

I've got a rear derrailleur problem, so can only use the top ring until it's fixed tomorrow. The hill outside my village, which I used to have to walk up the last bit of when I started commuting, has now been conquered on the top ring . Twice .

Sorry to brag, but friends and family are singularly unimpressed.

great feeling isn't it It's amazing what you can achieve when you've got gearing restrictions. If you're a strong cyclist & can't climb my best advice is to try to climb every hill a chainring up from normal . Hurts like hell but you'll quickly develop techniques & power to climb effectively.