Well tried it today.... some success. Able to accelerate on the flat for short distance only. I think I need to spend a day just learning the gear ratios. When I think I have it down there is more to learn..... if only I could give up my day job.
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07-15-2007, 08:53 PM #1
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07-15-2007, 09:53 PM #2
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Oh man, the gear shifting is going to kill me. I forget to look up, I'm so locked into what gear I'm in! Today, I flipped the gear shift as I crested a hill and the chain fell off. Oh well. I put it back on and kept going.
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07-16-2007, 06:27 AM #3
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My shortcut: I sort of think of myself as having 3 gears; corresponding to the 3 chainrings up front. Uphill, flatish, downhill/fast. Then I use the cogs in the rear to fine-tune my "three" speeds.
It's not perfect, and not entirely accurate, but it gets the job done!"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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07-16-2007, 07:17 AM #4
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I think that's actually a good way to conceptualize the chainrings, Knot. Beyond your classifications, I've come to think of the two rings on my compact as the small ring being my "easy" range of gears, and the big ring as "The gears that will make me stronger" (someday
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07-23-2007, 12:07 PM #5
And your point??
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That is the same way I keep my gears straight in my head! Originally Posted by KnottedYet
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07-16-2007, 11:48 AM #6
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Originally Posted by galaxygirl
Oh man, the gear shifting is going to kill me. I forget to look up, I'm so locked into what gear I'm in! Today, I flipped the gear shift as I crested a hill and the chain fell off. Oh well. I put it back on and kept going.
Mine doesn't show me which gear I'm in -- I've thought about getting one of those flight deck things from Shimano, because my stuff is compatible and it would be nice to know, but then I thought, yeah, right, something more to keep me looking at the computer!
Now if I could just master the fine tuning of my big rings! (the back guys are easy)
Karen in Boise
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