Next Hill Climb Race - Mt. Equinox, VT

Gack... My legs are hurting just looking at that... we'll see. Maybe
at the least I'll come out and support you guys. I hate ticks. With a
fiery passion, them and their sidekick, Lyme!

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I might be game for it.

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We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
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Dear Steve,

You there's flat races too, eh??

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Brian MacKenzie said:

Dear Steve,

You there's flat races too, eh??

You mean ethnic groups whose women have small breasts?

Brian O. and Evil-Nick - you guys should both go for it! It's a great
charity, and it's a really fun race, with awesome views as you get up
higher. I'd suggest training on some big hills, though.

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On what wheel size did you set the hour and fifty minute time?

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We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
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Brian O. said:

On what wheel size did you set the hour and fifty minute time?

I used a 45" hard-rubber-tire with 125 mm cranks.

Just kidding.😄

I rode a stock Torker LX24. It was quite steep, much steeper than
Whiteface, but I'm riding my KH29 w/165mm cranks this time.

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So a coker with 150s would probably be a tough ride. Doing it on my muni
doesn't sound too appetizing either. I wish I had some 170s for the
coker.

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We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
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Are any of the Jersey/Pennsylvania area riders interested in doing this
race?

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Ben Plotkin-Swing said:

Are any of the Jersey/Pennsylvania area riders interested in doing this
race?

Sorry, Ben - you're not invited. Anyone who did Mt. Washington in 2 hrs
is too fast for this race. 😉

Brian O. - Even a Coker w/170s would be too much wheel for this one,
IMO. Find a slick tire for your muni, pumped up good and hard, and
you'd be fine.

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steveyo said:

Brian O. - Even a Coker w/170s would be too much wheel for this one,
IMO. Find a slick tire for your muni, pumped up good and hard, and
you'd be fine.

I've got a 24" hookworm tire which would work though it seems like a
ride such as this would be tedious on a 24" wheel.

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We only need one 36" rim, one that doesn't suck. A properly sized KH rim
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Nothing definite, but after today's ride I think I might be in shape in
time... We'll see if I can swing the registration fee when we get
closer to it, and if I've been keeping up with my uphill riding...

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Brian O. said:

I've got a 24" hookworm tire which would work though it seems like a
ride such as this would be tedious on a 24" wheel.

I don't know Brian. If I still had that LX24" (I cut its frame down to
make a big wheel for my 10 yr old daughter), I'd consider using it
instead of my 29er. Your hookworm might be just the ticket. You'd die
on a Coker unless you're a climbing god.

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steveyo said:

OK - the dust has settled after our Whiteface climb. Next up, the "Gear
Up For Lyme" Mt. Equinox hill climb.

website: http://www.gearupforlyme.com/

This ride benefits research for Lyme disease. It's only 5.4 miles, all
paved, and climbs a mere 3248 ft. vertically. No sweat right? Well,
some sweat.

Come on all you Northeast riders. I'm talking to you Pat Moore, you
Bill Merrylees, all you Massachusetts riders! Get training and sign
up. The record is a very slow 1:50:17, (set by me in 2005) and is ripe
for the beating.

Average grade 12% with maximum grade 28%??????? Good Lord!!! I
couldn't do that on a two-wheeler!

If the child bride doesn't have anything scheduled for us on August 4th
I may try to get over to watch and take pictures.

I do have a question. In the event that you do have to stop on an
ascent like that, how do you remount on a hill that steep? I have
difficulty freemounting on anything more than a gentle uphill grade.

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steveyo said:

This is exactly right. If it's too steep to mount facing up, mount
across the fall line and turn upwards ("to face your demons"😉.

Thanks Tom and Steve. I've tried mounting downhill and laterally but
without much success. I can get on it downhill with no problem but
doing a 180 on a steep hill defeats me. On road rides through
residential areas I'll start on someone's driveway and then make the
turn when I hit the street but very steep hills are a struggle.

No one has mentioned doing doing a hill climb on a 20". My only other
option is my 28". I've never bothered to measure the cranks before but
from the middle of the pedal bolt to the middle of the crank bolt (is
that how it should be measured?) is exactly six inches which is 152mm.
I don't know what's on my 20" (I keep it in Vermont). I'd guess a 24"
would be better suited for me but we sold the last 24" we had in the
store yesterday.

I'm still in awe of what you guys accomplished at Whiteface. It took my
quads three days to recover from a 3/4 mile hill climb on a much more
gentle pitch.

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patmoore said:

I do have a question. In the event that you do have to stop on an
ascent like that, how do you remount on a hill that steep? I have
difficulty freemounting on anything more than a gentle uphill grade.

Easy, don't dismount until the top 😄 I usually do the 90 degree turn
method, or in some extreme cases the "I just fell off, bugger it, I'll
walk the rest of the way up" method

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I'm I-N- for the race
on a 24"
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Looks like I won't be making it, sorry guys.

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tomblackwood said:

The other option is to just bring extra tools, take the unicycle apart
after your fall, then re-assemble it underneath yourself. 😄

H A !
Good one😄

28 degrees for .7 miles? that's only 370 ft., but DAM 28 DEGREES!?

Steve, if you can make that w/o a UPD you will be THE definition of a
climbing god!🙂

I'm cominginto Boston on 7/27 and will hopefully make the trials comp
the next day also in Vt. but I don't think I can talk my Mom into us
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skilewis74 said:

28 degrees for .7 miles? that's only 370 ft., but DAM 28 DEGREES!?

Steve, if you can make that w/o a UPD you will be THE definition of a
climbing god!🙂

You made a typo - it's not .7, but .07 miles, but you were right that's
about 370 ft. However, and this is a big difference, it's not 28
*degrees*, as that would be almost like a expert ski slope, but instead
28 *% grade*, which is more like 14 degrees.

Although I stopped to rest multiple times the 'last time I competed in
this event (2005)' (http://home.nycap.rr.com/rduhan/equi2005/), I did
ride the steep section without stopping. I think it's only that steep
if one takes the inside of a banked turn or something. It was steep,
but never seemed more than 20%

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