CT, I have a 53/39/30 front with a 12-27 in the rear. I was in the 53 and moved into the 12, but when it got too fast (read: scary) to pedal anymore, I just tucked down and cruised. I don't have aero bars or anything like that. My bike is mostly stock ..save for the Open Pros I switched out with when I got my PowerTap.Originally Posted by cinnamon_toast
The hill is pretty long and I don't think I pedalled more than .1-.2 of a mile before it got scary. I tuck down as far as I can, pull my elbows and knees in and hold my feet level (neither one above the other). I also try to hold my core as tight as possible. There are a couple of bumps, but I try to do what I'd assume a skiier does to glide over them and save aero. OH yes... and because of my spine fusion, getting down in the drops isn't comfy..so I did it tucking/holding on to the hoods.
Its scary when there's a cross wind there...but on days like yesterday when the air's pretty still....you go screaming down that hill. Fun fun. Make a mistake and you're a stain tho... eeek! It wouldn't be pretty...
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08-30-2007, 09:58 AM #1
Ownin' my 3 feet!
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08-30-2007, 05:12 PM #2
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Wow, that's super fast!!! My top speed is 44.6 and I felt like I was going a million miles an hour. It still amazes me that a bike can go so fast. Fascinating what the human body, and a little physics & gravity can do!!!
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08-30-2007, 07:55 PM #3
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Which is what I live in deathly fear of. None of this sounds fun to me Originally Posted by BabyBlueNTulsa
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2009 Jamis Aurora/Brooks B-68
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08-30-2007, 10:48 PM #4
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I was just thinking, this sounds fun, but in a sweaty-palmed, slightly terrified sense of fun
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
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