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I am hoping that I put this across so that it can be understood. Afer a
couple of years of riding by myself I finally went on a ride with someone
yesterday. We did a 70kms ride on the Atherton Tableland taking in Ravenshoe
and Millaa Millaa in 30 knot winds, rain, up hill and down dale. As expected
he was far quicker than me, but that was ok as I made the distance and was
very pleased with myself.
Now this is the tricky bit - as a novice I dont even know what you call the
front sprocket and the back one. So in laymans terms I call the front one
either 1, 2 or 3 and the back one second 1 to 7. Ok, going down a big hill I
end up in 3 on the front (biggest) and 7 (ie 3-7)on the back (smallest) as I
come up the hill I go down thru the gears ie 3 - 6 3 - 5 then 2 and up to
6, then 2 -5, 2-4, 2-3, then into 1-4, 1-3, 1-2 and heavan help me I am then
left with only 1-1 LOL.
He told me that when he is going down a big hill he changes back to about
1-3 (which seems to hurt my legs no end as I cant pedal air ) and on the
uphill he pedals to his cadence and waits for it to catch up with 1-3.
OMGGGGGGGG I tried it and I had no gears left for the top of the hill.
This is a genuine question, just how do you go about changing the gears for
those big uphills?
Thanks Kathy (the old chook who is just loving riding her bike)
couple of years of riding by myself I finally went on a ride with someone
yesterday. We did a 70kms ride on the Atherton Tableland taking in Ravenshoe
and Millaa Millaa in 30 knot winds, rain, up hill and down dale. As expected
he was far quicker than me, but that was ok as I made the distance and was
very pleased with myself.
Now this is the tricky bit - as a novice I dont even know what you call the
front sprocket and the back one. So in laymans terms I call the front one
either 1, 2 or 3 and the back one second 1 to 7. Ok, going down a big hill I
end up in 3 on the front (biggest) and 7 (ie 3-7)on the back (smallest) as I
come up the hill I go down thru the gears ie 3 - 6 3 - 5 then 2 and up to
6, then 2 -5, 2-4, 2-3, then into 1-4, 1-3, 1-2 and heavan help me I am then
left with only 1-1 LOL.
He told me that when he is going down a big hill he changes back to about
1-3 (which seems to hurt my legs no end as I cant pedal air ) and on the
uphill he pedals to his cadence and waits for it to catch up with 1-3.
OMGGGGGGGG I tried it and I had no gears left for the top of the hill.
This is a genuine question, just how do you go about changing the gears for
those big uphills?
Thanks Kathy (the old chook who is just loving riding her bike)