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HungLikeJesus · 06-05-2007, 10:40 AM

LR - that's a nice bike. Does it have a double or triple front chainring?

LabRat · 06-05-2007, 10:42 AM

Triple. I rarely use either of the extemes though.

HungLikeJesus · 06-05-2007, 10:51 AM

If I was towing that much weight, I'd be using the full range of gears. I spend a lot of time in granny gear (which still isn't low enough).

My neighborhood ride is just a 9 mile loop through the subdivision, but has cumulative elevation gain of about 1300 feet. It takes me almost an hour to ride those 9 miles. I need everything from the smallest combination to the biggest. (My max speed last week was 40.1 mph, but for 2.5 miles I didn't get out of granny gear.)

Griff · 06-05-2007, 11:05 AM

Definitely right HLJ, as we put years on our knees we have to be careful about use and form. I was talking to a college fencer last night at practice and he mentioned that some guys on his team went down with knee injuries.

Undertoad · 06-06-2007, 08:54 PM

Now we know who sees LabRat's ass more than anyone else.

Griff · 06-07-2007, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Now we know who sees LabRat's ass more than anyone else.

He shoots, he scores!

barefoot serpent · 06-07-2007, 01:17 PM

So I'm riding to work the other day and I catchup to a 20-something comely lass riding a softail up off the seat -- expending most of her energy with the whole bike going up and down. I was just about to tell her that she needed to firm up her rearend when I though better about it...

LabRat · 06-08-2007, 09:26 AM

I did a 6 miler Wed night with the pup in tow and paid particular attention to what gears I was using. Oooooh, long one I know. But that's all my tush could take. It's still getting rebroken in. I need to switch my seat to my new one off my road bike this weekend.

I used the front granny chainring twice, for two longer steeper hills for the easiest gear ratios. The rest of the time I used the middle one and just shifted the rear. My right knee made itself known a couple times, not painfully, but sort of an *Ahem* little catch. I know I'm due for new running shoes so until I get those I am chalking it up to my milage increasing on shot sneaks... Experience has taught me that when my knees start to bug me, it's time for a new pair.

I guess I figured that more pedalling in lower gears was worse on your knees than breaking a little sweat in a slightly higher one. But you guys are making me see the possible error in my thinking.

HungLikeJesus · 06-08-2007, 09:35 AM

LR - Everything I've read indicates that you should keep your pedalling cadence high - maybe 90 RPM (when possible). This is the reason for using the granny gear (smallest front, largest rear chainring) on steep terrain. It's supposed to be better for your knees and endurance.

LabRat · 06-08-2007, 12:22 PM

Yeah but, you get a lousy finish time...

For running, I know I'm not 'pushing' myself too hard when I can breathe in for 3 footfalls, and out for 2. (IN: left,right,left OUT: right, left IN: right, left, right etc.) Pushing myself I fall into a 2/2 and get tired a lot faster. Stride length however matters.

Also, I like to run to music with a certain beat/min, which is escaping me right now. (150?) I own several aerobics music CD's that have the BPM listed, and they sell this type of thing for cycling too, though I don't own any of those

What do you use to gauge how fast your cadence is?

HungLikeJesus · 06-08-2007, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LabRat

Yeah but, you get a lousy finish time...

...

What do you use to gauge how fast your cadence is?

The computer on one of my bikes includes cadence (it requires an additional magnet on the crank) -- unfortunately, the two bikes that I ride most often do not have cadence, so I just try to stay in a gear that keeps me spinning pretty fast.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2007, 10:11 PM

Lest you forget.
http://www.bikerag.com/bike_crash_pics.htm

Griff · 06-16-2007, 07:21 AM

A guy I ride with came into the shop one day with a perfect print of an 8" maple across his shoulder and chest. The guy with him was sure he was dead, but he just couldn't catch his breathe.

Griff · 07-12-2007, 09:27 AM

Spectacular finish! click Hushovd wins stage four.

Griff · 07-12-2007, 08:11 PM

Good ride today 2 and a half hours on the pavement. Pete road to work this morning so I road in to ride back with her. nice

06-05-2007, 10:40 AM	#391
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	LR - that's a nice bike. Does it have a double or triple front chainring? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-05-2007, 10:42 AM	#392
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Triple. I rarely use either of the extemes though. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

06-05-2007, 10:51 AM	#393
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If I was towing that much weight, I'd be using the full range of gears. I spend a lot of time in granny gear (which still isn't low enough). My neighborhood ride is just a 9 mile loop through the subdivision, but has cumulative elevation gain of about 1300 feet. It takes me almost an hour to ride those 9 miles. I need everything from the smallest combination to the biggest. (My max speed last week was 40.1 mph, but for 2.5 miles I didn't get out of granny gear.) __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-05-2007, 11:05 AM	#394
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Definitely right HLJ, as we put years on our knees we have to be careful about use and form. I was talking to a college fencer last night at practice and he mentioned that some guys on his team went down with knee injuries. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-07-2007, 01:17 PM	#397
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	So I'm riding to work the other day and I catchup to a 20-something comely lass riding a softail up off the seat -- expending most of her energy with the whole bike going up and down. I was just about to tell her that she needed to firm up her rearend when I though better about it... __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

06-06-2007, 08:54 PM	#395
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Now we know who sees LabRat's ass more than anyone else.

06-08-2007, 09:26 AM	#398
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I did a 6 miler Wed night with the pup in tow and paid particular attention to what gears I was using. Oooooh, long one I know. But that's all my tush could take. It's still getting rebroken in. I need to switch my seat to my new one off my road bike this weekend. I used the front granny chainring twice, for two longer steeper hills for the easiest gear ratios. The rest of the time I used the middle one and just shifted the rear. My right knee made itself known a couple times, not painfully, but sort of an Ahem little catch. I know I'm due for new running shoes so until I get those I am chalking it up to my milage increasing on shot sneaks... Experience has taught me that when my knees start to bug me, it's time for a new pair. I guess I figured that more pedalling in lower gears was worse on your knees than breaking a little sweat in a slightly higher one. But you guys are making me see the possible error in my thinking. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

06-08-2007, 09:35 AM	#399
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	LR - Everything I've read indicates that you should keep your pedalling cadence high - maybe 90 RPM (when possible). This is the reason for using the granny gear (smallest front, largest rear chainring) on steep terrain. It's supposed to be better for your knees and endurance. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-08-2007, 12:22 PM	#400
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Yeah but, you get a lousy finish time... For running, I know I'm not 'pushing' myself too hard when I can breathe in for 3 footfalls, and out for 2. (IN: left,right,left OUT: right, left IN: right, left, right etc.) Pushing myself I fall into a 2/2 and get tired a lot faster. Stride length however matters. Also, I like to run to music with a certain beat/min, which is escaping me right now. (150?) I own several aerobics music CD's that have the BPM listed, and they sell this type of thing for cycling too, though I don't own any of those What do you use to gauge how fast your cadence is? __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

06-15-2007, 10:11 PM	#402
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Lest you forget. http://www.bikerag.com/bike_crash_pics.htm __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-16-2007, 07:21 AM	#403
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A guy I ride with came into the shop one day with a perfect print of an 8" maple across his shoulder and chest. The guy with him was sure he was dead, but he just couldn't catch his breathe. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2007, 09:27 AM	#404
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Spectacular finish! click Hushovd wins stage four. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-12-2007, 08:11 PM	#405
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good ride today 2 and a half hours on the pavement. Pete road to work this morning so I road in to ride back with her. nice __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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