Anyone think one needs a 29 for 126 Mile/Highclere ride ?

Brocade
Brocade Posts: 433
edited June 2009 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Anyone think one needs a 29 for the 126 Mile ride on Sunday at Highclere ?

http://www.cyclegb.co.uk/index.php?main ... s&sub=long
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  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    I'm riding a 30, but that's just to test it out for the Alps in 2 weeks. Otherwise I'm not expecting to need anything like that.

    I don't think the hills will be too steep in the Highclere, but the distance will make some of the late one seem it.
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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    I've fitted one
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Brocade wrote:
    Anyone think one needs a 29 for the 126 Mile ride on Sunday at Highclere ?

    http://www.cyclegb.co.uk/index.php?main ... s&sub=long

    Where did you get a 29 from? What cassette is it?
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  • bahzob
    bahzob Posts: 2,195
    Live nearby and do the climbs regularly. Dont think you will need a 29.
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  • shakey88
    shakey88 Posts: 289
    None of the hills are ultra steep,topping out at 10 to 15%,they are very draggy tho and sap the life out of your legs,especially later on.
    I'm using a compact with 12/25.Should be sufficient.
    Have a good one :D
  • pjm-84
    pjm-84 Posts: 819
    Depends on how fit you are!
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  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    Hmm. I have a double - 27 combo. Did some pretty steep hills in Wales, so hopefully will be OK!!! I'm quite fit, but 126 miles is a looooooooooong way to cycle!
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  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    bigchazrocks wrote:
    Hmm. I'm quite fit, but 126 miles is a looooooooooong way to cycle!

    Oh come on! :roll: It's only the same as a hilly 200km audax. :wink:
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    But thats over 70 km's more than my PB distance!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Let alone the 3 KILOMETER vertical ascent....


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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    bigchazrocks wrote:
    But thats over 70 km's more than my PB distance!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Let alone the 3 KILOMETER vertical ascent....


    :lol::lol::lol:

    MTFU it's just hills it won't bite.... much :P :wink:
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Is a 34 not good enough? I'm sure most people can get up any hill in a 34.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    freehub wrote:
    Is a 34 not good enough? I'm sure most people can get up any hill in a 34.

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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    redddraggon wrote:
    freehub wrote:
    Is a 34 not good enough? I'm sure most people can get up any hill in a 34.

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  • funckchicken
    funckchicken Posts: 93
    Where did you get a 29 from? What cassette is it?

    the 'old' (i.e. pre 2009) campagnolo 10 speed has a 13-29 cassette as an option.

    i've been riding this coupled with a standard 53/39 chainset for the last few years. the combo provides more than enough gearing for both long alpine climbs and short sharp 25% gradients.
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    Gearing depends on your fitness of course, but the Highclere though long and undeniably hard is also fair - a compact 12/25 should be fine or if you are strong enough a 39 - 12/25. None of the hills are super steep or long and the hardest one is near the start. What you will need is the mental trickery to keep going if you haven't cycled 126 miles before. I hadn't and the last 15 were hard.

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