Last Saturday my son and I had a brain explosion and decided to ride to Mt Glorious not having done it before. We are both fairly new to cycling, but regard ourselves as being reasonably fit. Everything was going great till we had to walk for about a 1-2 km up the last really steep bits of Mt Glorious. Seemed to be able to go for about 30 secs and we would then die. The last bit was not as steep and we travelled fine (tired but determined) up to the top. Guess we were "bonking" on the 15% grades and probably both had lack of fitness, strength and experience for the mountain.
However, we rode with our standard drive trains (i'm on Giant CRX2 11-23 9spd, son on an older steel bike with 2-25 7speed). Do others that do the mountains use similar gearing ie we need to practice more, or is it prudent to get some bigger cogs?
However, we rode with our standard drive trains (i'm on Giant CRX2 11-23 9spd, son on an older steel bike with 2-25 7speed). Do others that do the mountains use similar gearing ie we need to practice more, or is it prudent to get some bigger cogs?