Show me some pix using your two foot gear
01-24-22, 02:38 PM
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That Campy GT is ugly to look at, but its shifting ability is uglier still. You'll probably regret putting any more time into it, though there is some benefit in proving that for yourself. Enjoy the experience....
01-24-22, 02:58 PM
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01-24-22, 03:27 PM
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If 30X28 and standing to climb isn't good enough,...... well, it deserves a 2 footed gear.
Then there are those climbs that one can simply fly up sooooo easily. As long as you don't false flat.
Then there are those climbs that one can simply fly up sooooo easily. As long as you don't false flat.
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01-25-22, 04:14 PM
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I've walked up any number of hills, but the most memorable one was up Alder Grove Rd. Not sure how to find out the grade, but if I'd taken a hand off to take a pic, the bike would have run back down the hill. The day I rode it, was on a warmish January day, and there was still frost and old snow on the shaded wet pavement, to go with the algae and tree bits. I rode my brakes the entire way back down, figuring I'd rather crash at 15mph than 30; luckily that didn't happen.
01-25-22, 04:43 PM
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A few years ago, when riding in the Crete Senesi, mrs non-fixie and I took a wrong turn and got lost. Luckily Google Maps found us a route that looked good.
Well ....
Beneath the bumpy sun-dried top layer the Tuscan clay was still very soggy. Hardest walk I ever did with a bike. And the only time ever I had to go back down and get mrs non-fixie's bike:
Well ....
Beneath the bumpy sun-dried top layer the Tuscan clay was still very soggy. Hardest walk I ever did with a bike. And the only time ever I had to go back down and get mrs non-fixie's bike:
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01-25-22, 06:06 PM
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Yeah, I get it. No one wants a picture of them walking a bike. For those not clear on what the two foot gear is:
2017 North Trask group ride. Man, it's been 5 years alread? Might have to pimp a new one this summer.
2017 North Trask group ride. Man, it's been 5 years alread? Might have to pimp a new one this summer.
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Oh, I've been there. Never thought to take pic mid stride, though. Usually I'm asking myself why I do this to myself at that point. Did that on Bald Mountain Road, Luzerne County, which I did eventually climb successfully later in that season. Still asked myself the same question, though. Suffered.
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Too steep even for MTB gearing - or perhaps I was just out of shape:
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To be fair, the title could be interpreted in two ways: a photo of the surroundings while walking one's bike or a photo the actual person while walking with the bike. This evening I finally found a pic of me walking a bike up a hill, resulting in examples of both scenarios
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01-26-22, 12:30 AM
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To be fair, the title could be interpreted in two ways: a photo of the surroundings while walking one's bike or a photo the actual person while walking with the bike. This evening I finally found a pic of me walking a bike up a hill, resulting in examples of both scenarios
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01-26-22, 12:40 AM
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I rode up that section and cramped horribly at the top. Luckily I got to rest a while waiting for the walkers. Of course I didn't tell anyone and just stood up when I heard people.
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01-26-22, 12:41 PM
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I wonder if this thread might be combined with another current one: "Show us your road racing iron being walked up a steep hill."
01-26-22, 04:25 PM
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01-26-22, 06:50 PM
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My goal has always been to mount a two-foot sprocket on my bike. But, sadly I am still a little short.
70T / 2 = 35" circumference.
35" / 3.14 = 11.14", or just barely under a foot in diameter.
Not me, but this would be SWEET.
If the cranks are about 175's, that would put the ring at about 35 cm, or about 13.8".
70T / 2 = 35" circumference.
35" / 3.14 = 11.14", or just barely under a foot in diameter.
Not me, but this would be SWEET.
If the cranks are about 175's, that would put the ring at about 35 cm, or about 13.8".
01-26-22, 07:33 PM
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Take a step, drag the bike, take a step, drag the bike... Then to find out I was flooded in at the other side and had to get a boat to take me to the road. This is a flat section of a cow path during the rainy season. Surprisingly, someone had taken a 125 moto thru here earlier. My slick tires are actually small block eights. It was like walking in a jar of peanut butter.
Here is another time I was walking
Here is another time I was walking
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I never did master the hill to Olea Farms on the Eroica rides when it was in Paso. The olive leaf tea and French fries are well worth the walk up the hill.
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This is on top of Wallin Mtn in Greenland, AR just south of Fayetteville....home of U of A. I forget now what the elevation is in this spot, but it took a low 20 inch gear (24t to 34t) to reach it
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While I don't have any pics of me walking you can rest assured that I had been walking right before I took these....
01-28-22, 08:32 PM
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^^^ Yea , he told me about that....WE WALKED the next year! And every year after.
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I love that that has a “small” chainring for when the big one is just too tough. I’d have gone with a triple though.
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