compact double v triple? (my new bike!)

[Veronica]

Now, Now, let's not get carried away - I can ride Diablo including the top in my regular double and I don't even wobble! So, maybe, I'll be giggling as I pass you if I ever get out there to ride diablo again!

Wow! That's great. You should sign up for the Devil Mountain Double then.

RHG hasn't been riding for twenty years like you have. I believe her post said she had not been on a bike for twenty years. So what works for a twenty year veteran is probably not best for a new rider.

What works for someone with short, sub two mile steep hills, is probably not appropriate for steep 10 - 15 mile hills either, especially not for a new rider.

Now in three months she may be coming back and saying, "Oh you were all wrong! The best way to climb a hill is on a Vespa!"

I look forward to seeing you on Tam RHG.

V.

[maillotpois]

So RHG - you are doing this with TNT? Or just under the "supervision" of a TNT coach friend? I ask because I know some of the coaches in the SF area, and was just wondering if we might have friends in common.

I'm one of the 2 head coaches (but the only one who matters because the other's my husband) for the Redwood Wine Country Death Ride team. I've been working with TNT since 1999.

I know RWC did the Marin metric as a training ride last year. Don't know if they're doing it again. I'll probably do the double, but as V mentioned, if you do the "Mt. Tam century" you'll ride basically the first half of the double course, which is very cool.

[GLC1968]

RHG - I meant to include this in my earlier post...my triple is pretty standard. 52/42/30 in front and 12-27 in back. But point of note, I also have a 9-speed and new bikes now come with 10.

I've not ridden mine on a 15%+ grade yet, but it works great in the 8-12% range. I will be breaking that 15% threshold on May 5th though (at mile 85 ), so I'll let you know how it goes.

[spokewench]

Wow! That's great. You should sign up for the Devil Mountain Double then.

Now in three months she may be coming back and saying, "Oh you were all wrong! The best way to climb a hill is on a Vespa!"


V.

Veronica: I'm not into doubles, but what is the Devil Mountain Double?

Maybe I could ride it on my boss's VESPA!