got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction.
I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning!
(Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect)
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction.
I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning!
(Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect)
Zebee
Congratulations! It's very satisfying to conquer "that" hill (nearly everyone has one on their commute).
I think I broke 1st gear in my hub this morning on my hill :-( Then again it may just have been the vagaries of friction shifting hub gears. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction.
I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning!
(Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect)
Zebee
Congratulations! It's very satisfying to conquer "that" hill (nearly everyone has one on their commute).
I think I broke 1st gear in my hub this morning on my hill :-( Then again it may just have been the vagaries of friction shifting hub gears. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed!
-- John If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. - attributed to Hal Abelson
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed!
I was afraid to check bikely 🙂
I will have to find someone with reliable scales to find out what the bent in commuting rig weighs. A Lot, I suspect.
Well done Zebee! Bikely.com tells me it's about a 7% grade, but bits of it are steeper. V. impressed!
Congrats Zeebee.
The grade puts it in a perspective I can relate to as George St in Campbelltown is similar grade, but only 200 metres long (the bit I did).
Took me quite a while to be able to do in one pull with no walking, then I did it as the regular "commute" to and from the post office each morning when I was doing a mail order business. Yes, the parcels went on the downhill.
It certainly helps with improving and keeping the fitness.
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Overcast today and not too hot which helped, usuall there's a tree whose shade calls to me, no shade, no evil distraction.
I noticed that I am hitting 100rpm on the flat a lot more too, without feeling I'm trying hard. Might not be going all that fast, but boy am I spinning!
(Alas the speedo on the Sigma's given up, have to wiggle some more wires while praying to St Vidicon of Cathode I suspect)
The grade puts it in a perspective I can relate to as George St in Campbelltown is similar grade, but only 200 metres long (the bit I did).
Melville St is abot 800m I think. starts out "a bit steep" then you can see there's a crease in the road (which is where I change to the small front ring) where it gets suddenly steeper then you go around a little curve and see it get steeper!
I haven't walked at all, when I got either too leg-tired (from pushing the middle ring too far) or too puffed (from trying to spin up the bloody thing) I'd pull over and rest. Getting off and walking would be too difficult.
My worst effort was 4 stops. Most of the time I took two, got it down to once a couple of times. Old fella across the road offered to get me some cold water once, I must have looked a sight!
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? 🙂
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? 🙂
"finally bloody did it". Does sort of imply more than one try 🙂
I first talked about it a couple of months ago, how it was beating me into a pulp. My worst effort was 4 stops I think, I was mostly taking two, managed one once and now all the way.
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MikeyOz said:
Zebee Johnstone said:
Well, I finally bloody did it.
got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have exploded, but I did it!
Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? 🙂
"finally bloody did it". Does sort of imply more than one try 🙂
I first talked about it a couple of months ago, how it was beating me into a pulp. My worst effort was 4 stops I think, I was mostly taking two, managed one once and now all the way.
On 2007-10-08, Ray (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:32:55 +1000
MikeyOz said:
Zebee Johnstone Wrote: > Well, I finally bloody did it. > > got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I > suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have > exploded, but I did it!
Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? 🙂
"finally bloody did it". Does sort of imply more than one try 🙂
I first talked about it a couple of months ago, how it was beating me into a pulp. My worst effort was 4 stops I think, I was mostly taking two, managed one once and now all the way.
Presactly, title now corrected :-p
Harsh, but true.
Don't worry Zebee, in a few months from now, you'll have surpassed the hill.
-- TimC Being certified means I can legally be employed as a chain-sawyer. That means that now the company can send me after spammers without running afoul of occupational health and safety regulations. -- Anthony de Boer in ASR
On 2007-10-08, Ray (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:32:55 +1000
MikeyOz said:
Zebee Johnstone Wrote: > Well, I finally bloody did it. > > got up Melville St in one hit. Grinding up in the granny gear and I > suspect if I had been wearing a heartrate monitor it would have > exploded, but I did it!
Not trying to take away from your achievement, congrats, but is that score accurate is ?? Is that your first attempt or did the hill win a few times first ??? 🙂
"finally bloody did it". Does sort of imply more than one try 🙂
I first talked about it a couple of months ago, how it was beating me into a pulp. My worst effort was 4 stops I think, I was mostly taking two, managed one once and now all the way.
Presactly, title now corrected :-p
Harsh, but true.
Don't worry Zebee, in a few months from now, you'll have surpassed the hill.
-- TimC Being certified means I can legally be employed as a chain-sawyer. That means that now the company can send me after spammers without running afoul of occupational health and safety regulations. -- Anthony de Boer in ASR
Melville St is abot 800m I think. starts out "a bit steep" then you can see there's a crease in the road (which is where I change to the small front ring) where it gets suddenly steeper then you go around a little curve and see it get steeper!
That sounds like a real mongrel of a hill. Congrats well earned.
The grade puts it in a perspective I can relate to as George St in Campbelltown is similar grade, but only 200 metres long (the bit I did).
Melville St is abot 800m I think. starts out "a bit steep" then you can see there's a crease in the road (which is where I change to the small front ring) where it gets suddenly steeper then you go around a little curve and see it get steeper!
I haven't walked at all, when I got either too leg-tired (from pushing the middle ring too far) or too puffed (from trying to spin up the bloody thing) I'd pull over and rest. Getting off and walking would be too difficult.
My worst effort was 4 stops. Most of the time I took two, got it down to once a couple of times. Old fella across the road offered to get me some cold water once, I must have looked a sight!
Zebee
Well done Zeebe! Excellent effort. Now we want reports on how many repeats you can do at times!! :-)
