i got off on a hill and walked today

VinceEager
VinceEager Posts: 247
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
:oops:

first time ever and it was humiliating - even had van drivers blaring their horn at me and making pedal motions with their hands laughing hysterically -

was ditchling beacon on a 48 - 15 fixie tho with miles from london in my legs.

didnt like it one bit.
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  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Best get out there agin then aint'ya :wink:

    Or get some gears :lol:
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  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    I entered the hill climb up Winnants once, couldn't bloody get up on my practice run! :oops:
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Gears are great :D
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    Ditchling on a 48/15?! No wonder you couldn't do it! Though there a lot harder hills around Dicthling is still far from easy! Fair play for attempting it!
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    mask of sanity wrote:
    Ditchling on a 48/15?! No wonder you couldn't do it! Though there a lot harder hills around Dicthling is still far from easy! Fair play for attempting it!

    I think this is what he was waiting for :wink:

    Sounds bl00dy insane to me(though never seen Ditcyhling in real life) 8)
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  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    was there on that bike out of ignorance rather than anything else - usually only ride around london on my fix - knew going uphill was hard but had never really thought that a track bike might have a gear ratio so hard to ride on lumpy roads :oops:
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Loon 48 x 15........ :shock:

    I ride 44 x 16 in Manchester - can do Cheshire on it OK, but it's the getting home that's a problem.....have to switch to 44 x 17 ideally..... certainly no good for the Peaks........
  • laughing cavalier
    laughing cavalier Posts: 861
    Did the same thing a couple of years ago on a hill near to where my mum lives in Hampshire. I live near the Yorkshire Dales and never take my fixed over there, but the dales dwarf the Hampshire hills and can be hard enough with gears. I thought there wasn't a hill in Hampshire I couldn't crack on any bike. Wrong.
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    You are totally finished as a cyclist. LOL! Never mind, we all have bad days...
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Your knees must love you!
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  • gbs
    gbs Posts: 450
    48:15 on the Beacon! :shock: I was told that the pros can manage with 53:23. I tried once earlier this autumn, with success; I was using bottom gear, 34:27, most of the way and I had relatively fresh legs. For us hackers Ditchling Beacon will always be a challenge.
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  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    The shame of it :lol:

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