Andrew_Culture
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This has been bothering me for a while - I'm new to having these fancy brakes that also act as gear changers and for the first time in my life I can very easily change gear without either looking down at friction shifters or looking down and remembering I'm riding a single speed...
So my question is, when sprinting (perhaps for a Strava segment), or hill climbing (um, perhaps for a Strava segment) what do you do to carry on when running out of beans? Here's an example of my current method:
So my question is, when sprinting (perhaps for a Strava segment), or hill climbing (um, perhaps for a Strava segment) what do you do to carry on when running out of beans? Here's an example of my current method:
- Approach hill from a flat with a decent amount of momentum
- At foot of hill click down a gear or two to try and maintain high cadence
- Shift back in seat, relax and give it some thigh grunt
- Gradually get slowed down by gravity / physics, try to rectify by changing down gear
- Dribble a bit with the effort
- Resolve to lose more weight