I was on a short climb that ranges in gradient between 6.5% to 10%, and I was in the lowest gear the whole time. Is 7-8% not really steep enough to be using the lowest gear?
I don't have a very expensive back. I'm not sure what the gear ratios are but it does have 21 gears (3 and 7), even thought I know there are some combinations we'd actually never use.
Also my average speed was about 5.8-6.0 mph. That's pretty slow right? What should I be targeting on these climbs for a "good" speed? I could've gone faster but my HR would've gone into the anaerobic zone and then I wouldn't last as long. So I intentionally kept my speed under 6 mph cause that's where my HR was a comfy 148 bpm, which I can do all day long at that rate. 160 bpm is when things start to feel "hard" for me.
I don't have a very expensive back. I'm not sure what the gear ratios are but it does have 21 gears (3 and 7), even thought I know there are some combinations we'd actually never use.
Also my average speed was about 5.8-6.0 mph. That's pretty slow right? What should I be targeting on these climbs for a "good" speed? I could've gone faster but my HR would've gone into the anaerobic zone and then I wouldn't last as long. So I intentionally kept my speed under 6 mph cause that's where my HR was a comfy 148 bpm, which I can do all day long at that rate. 160 bpm is when things start to feel "hard" for me.