What's a bailout gear?
11-16-14, 03:19 PM
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Dino,
I rode up Goshen Street yesterday. Strava said it was less than 10 percent. Maybe you're using the word grade differently? I ride up Via Capri (back side of Mt .Soledad) daily, and the same Strava app says Via Capri is 13.3 %.
I rode up Goshen Street yesterday. Strava said it was less than 10 percent. Maybe you're using the word grade differently? I ride up Via Capri (back side of Mt .Soledad) daily, and the same Strava app says Via Capri is 13.3 %.
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For those who care about angles, the grade is the tangent of the slope angle expressed as a percentage.
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Jiggle,
Thanks for the distinction, it explains alot. Whether someone posted to an old thread or not, I would not know this unless he did so.
Thanks for the distinction, it explains alot. Whether someone posted to an old thread or not, I would not know this unless he did so.
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The concept "bailout gear" can sometimes lead to the wrong approach to climbing. Some people will not shift to the lowest gear they have at the start of a climb, even when that is the approriate gear to maintian the best cadence given the grade and their power output because they psychologically need a "bailout gear"
If you just forget the whole concept, and ride in whatever gear is right for the grade and your fitness, you'll ultimately climb faster.
In other words you're better off riding in your lowest gear to start, than riding in a too high of gear, just to preserve a "bailout gear."
If you just forget the whole concept, and ride in whatever gear is right for the grade and your fitness, you'll ultimately climb faster.
In other words you're better off riding in your lowest gear to start, than riding in a too high of gear, just to preserve a "bailout gear."
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So that's what was going on...
Seriously, when I first started riding, I commuted to/from work every day (about 5 miles each way) and there are many relatively short, steep grades to overcome. When I'd hit these hills, my leg muscles would instantly fatigue, as if my life force was being sucked away. I always wondered if other cyclists had gone through something similar. My upper legs were always pretty muscular, but the muscles themselves were not especially defined. Now when I walk by the mirror in the bedroom I think out loud, "are those MY guads!?" And then my wife rolls her eyes and tells me I need to do some sit ups.
Seriously, when I first started riding, I commuted to/from work every day (about 5 miles each way) and there are many relatively short, steep grades to overcome. When I'd hit these hills, my leg muscles would instantly fatigue, as if my life force was being sucked away. I always wondered if other cyclists had gone through something similar. My upper legs were always pretty muscular, but the muscles themselves were not especially defined. Now when I walk by the mirror in the bedroom I think out loud, "are those MY guads!?" And then my wife rolls her eyes and tells me I need to do some sit ups.
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Riding up (long and steep grades at least) hills have more to do with aerobic capacity than it does muscle development. When riding on flat roads, a heavy rider maintains more momentum than when riding up a steep climb. Climbs are constant resistance, where riding on the flats, a rider can soft pedal here and there and not lose much in the way of forward momentum.
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The concept "bailout gear" can sometimes lead to the wrong approach to climbing. Some people will not shift to the lowest gear they have at the start of a climb, even when that is the approriate gear to maintian the best cadence given the grade and their power output because they psychologically need a "bailout gear"
If you just forget the whole concept, and ride in whatever gear is right for the grade and your fitness, you'll ultimately climb faster.
In other words you're better off riding in your lowest gear to start, than riding in a too high of gear, just to preserve a "bailout gear."
If you just forget the whole concept, and ride in whatever gear is right for the grade and your fitness, you'll ultimately climb faster.
In other words you're better off riding in your lowest gear to start, than riding in a too high of gear, just to preserve a "bailout gear."
10 year old post and still the best advice you'll find on the internet.
04-26-19, 04:46 PM
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Using nowadays affordable technology/terminology:
my bailout gear: 34 x 28
20 min FTP: ~3.1 watts per kg
I can climb continuous 15% grade (no break) for ~0.4 miles. But no longer no steeper than that.
my bailout gear: 34 x 28
20 min FTP: ~3.1 watts per kg
I can climb continuous 15% grade (no break) for ~0.4 miles. But no longer no steeper than that.
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