Why do time trial bikes have gears?
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Trev The Rev wrote:Pross wrote:Zingzang wrote:Pross wrote:It would also be hard to accelerate out of roundabouts etc. if you were on a 53 x 12 fixed gear and many club time triallists wouldn't fancy riding a smaller fixed gear.
Exactly and yet most testers will be using a gear of that size when riding a flat course hence the comment. A lot of time triallists would struggle to maintain the cadence required to use a sensible fixed gear ratio as the preference seems to be for mashing big gears.
What sort of gear would Obree and Boardman have used when they rode fixed on the road?
Would you class those two as 'most testers'?0 -
Pross wrote:Trev The Rev wrote:Pross wrote:Zingzang wrote:Pross wrote:It would also be hard to accelerate out of roundabouts etc. if you were on a 53 x 12 fixed gear and many club time triallists wouldn't fancy riding a smaller fixed gear.
Exactly and yet most testers will be using a gear of that size when riding a flat course hence the comment. A lot of time triallists would struggle to maintain the cadence required to use a sensible fixed gear ratio as the preference seems to be for mashing big gears.
What sort of gear would Obree and Boardman have used when they rode fixed on the road?
Would you class those two as 'most testers'?
Obviously not. I was just interested to know.0 -
lotus49 wrote:Why do time trial bikes for flat time trial courses have gears?
As far as I see it, the only real purpose for gears is climbing or on a course where there is a lot of slowing down and speeding up, which seems to be unusual to say the least. I cannot see the advantage of having gears on a course that is basically flat. Can someone enlighten me?
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cheaterkiller wrote:lotus49 wrote:Why do time trial bikes for flat time trial courses have gears?
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The question was meant to be as stupid as the one about TT bikes having gears. TT bikes have gears to facilitate a more efficient cadence while also taking into account variable conditions.0