Originally Posted by
seypat
Quickly read through the thread. I gather that the I gathered this information:
OP is doing the Six Gap Century
OP bought a new bike because he didn't think the old one would cut it.
OP is questioning whether he has enough gearing or not.
OP also has a thread on hydration going so he is thinking about it hard.
Let's put up the elevation profile so we can see what he is talking about.
https://www.6gap.com/images/route-in..._elevation.png
Since I am the OP I would add/alter the above. There were a bunch of reasons for buying a new bike, starting with the fact that I only owned a single bike and the simple act of trying to move the nose of my saddle 1/16" left me without a bike for 5 days. See
https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-m...st-seized.html .
The hydration thing is different than you might think. I am not worried about hydration at Six Gap (not that it doesn't have to be done, but I am expecting reasonable temps at the end of Sept). But I am going to ride a local century as a training thing shortly, where (despite a relatively early start) 90+ temps are likely. And I have concerns about my ability to absorb (as oppose to just drink) water at an adequate rate, since I sweat 5 pounds of water per hour. That would be here
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...echniques.html
And I have decided that 34/32 will be good enough for me.
dave