What gear do you use to "blast" off?
Manc33
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I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
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Manc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
It sounds more like pump, pump squirt…….. :shock:“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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They only think I'm fast when I first set off, I'm knackered in 15 seconds lol. Then again that still fits in with what you said.
You didn't put your gearing!0 -
You'll get a better response to your question if you post this in road general.Manc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
48:17 most of the time. Except the odd Monday, where I might flip to 48:19.
I couldn't give a monkeys whether cars think "he's fast", which is a good job as it takes a little bit to get going.0 -
56 - 11 ... up hill.0
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I don't know. Big ring up front on the compact and somewhere in the middle of the range at the back normally.0
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I go for the very quick acceleration using thye small ring of a a triple on the front and a 28 on the back. I can out accelerate a Porsche 911 for the first 2.3642 seconds after which I am spinning and have to stop and change the triple back to my compact.
My rides tend to be quite short and often result in the stem rising to hit me in the face. I don't understand why!!0 -
Manc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
To be honest, I think it's pretty difficult not to out accelerate cars across a junction whatever gear you are in. 99 times out of a hundred they seem glacially slow to me even if they don't take what seems like half a minute to react to the lights changing.
No idea what I start in - varies a lot as most junctions aren't on the flat. Usually small front and middle-ish at the back. 34-17 maybe??Faster than a tent.......0 -
What does it matter what gear different people are in?
Surely its just the acceleration that counts and how long its sustained for maybe.
People will have different preferences based on their ability/strengths.0 -
Whatever gear I had it in when I stopped...0
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What are we getting an idea of? Who's fastest? Who's slowest?
I use big ring for 95% of my riding, and normally middle of the rear cassette.0 -
This ^^ No matter how fast you think you're going, the perception of your speed from a car drivers perspective differs, namely slow. You'll only get away quicker if you react quicker and I find most drivers let me go first if its a bit of a squeeze at the junction. I tend to use one of the smaller spiny gears.Rolf F wrote:Manc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
To be honest, I think it's pretty difficult not to out accelerate cars across a junction whatever gear you are in. 99 times out of a hundred they seem glacially slow to me even if they don't take what seems like half a minute to react to the lights changing.
No idea what I start in - varies a lot as most junctions aren't on the flat. Usually small front and middle-ish at the back. 34-17 maybe??Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
The chances are that the time lost whilst you clip in completely negates any impression of speed/acceleration.0
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Navrig2 wrote:The chances are that the time lost whilst you clip in completely negates any impression of speed/acceleration.
On the commute no time is lost - I use SPDs during the week. I'm genuinely usually surprised if I get overtaken by the car behind me before I've cleared the junction.Faster than a tent.......0 -
53-11, after spending a few minutes track standing and I don't actually 'blast off' - it's usually a one handed wheelie of sorts (a move I taught to a young Slovakian kid, who used to clean cars in my local Tesco some years ago. Not sure what he's doing these days).“Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”0
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what an incredibly strange post/subjectManc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
I completely misread your post Rolf, speed reading is not all its cracked up to be :oops: not "This^^" at all!seanoconn wrote:
This ^^ No matter how fast you think you're going, the perception of your speed from a car drivers perspective differs, namely slow. You'll only get away quicker if you react quicker and I find most drivers let me go first if its a bit of a squeeze at the junction. I tend to use one of the smaller spiny gears.Rolf F wrote:Manc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
To be honest, I think it's pretty difficult not to out accelerate cars across a junction whatever gear you are in. 99 times out of a hundred they seem glacially slow to me even if they don't take what seems like half a minute to react to the lights changing.
No idea what I start in - varies a lot as most junctions aren't on the flat. Usually small front and middle-ish at the back. 34-17 maybe??Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
bianchimoon wrote:
what an incredibly strange post/subjectManc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
Feel free to post another 'what tyres should I buy?' thread if you like!Faster than a tent.......0 -
Navrig2 wrote:The chances are that the time lost whilst you clip in completely negates any impression of speed/acceleration.
Clip in, pah, track stand all the way for me
"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Rolf F wrote:bianchimoon wrote:
what an incredibly strange post/subjectManc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
Feel free to post another 'what tyres should I buy?' thread if you like!
not sure what you mean Rolf?
"I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
if that sounds normal to you then hey -ho All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
cougie wrote:Whatever gear I had it in when I stopped...
This^^
Isn't that what everyone does? If it happens to be 50-11, so beit, just grind a bit until you speed up.0 -
seanoconn wrote:
:P"Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Odd topic indeed...mostly because of the ambition of the OP to impress car drivers!
As both a cyclist and a driver, it's pretty obvious to me that cyclists almost never look like they're going fast when you're calibrated in car driving mode. So don't expect admiring looks from the passing cars!
Kinda. If I'm in a very big gear I'll change down a few before stopping. Otherwise I don't worry about it much. On a high intensity ride the gear will usually be a little higher than ideal and I'll grind the first few pedal strokes out of the saddle to get up to speed again. If I'm cruising I'll change down enough for a comfortable re-start.bernithebiker wrote:cougie wrote:Whatever gear I had it in when I stopped...
This^^
Isn't that what everyone does? If it happens to be 50-11, so beit, just grind a bit until you speed up.
I reckon starting in a different gear each time gives my legs some variety!0 -
I usually use shorts & short sleeved top, anything more and I start to overheat if I'm blasting off.0
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Manc33 wrote:They only think I'm fast when I first set off, I'm knackered in 15 seconds lol. Then again that still fits in with what you said.
You didn't put your gearing!
Are you sure they think you are fast and not something else?
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ugo.santalucia wrote:Manc33 wrote:They only think I'm fast when I first set off, I'm knackered in 15 seconds lol. Then again that still fits in with what you said.
You didn't put your gearing!
Are you sure they think you are fast and not something else? All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
53/21 but I don't sprint off
Just build back up again.0 -
I usually start off in 53/19 and then quickly change up to 53/17 once I've picked up speed, that's usually within a few seconds.0
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bianchimoon wrote:Rolf F wrote:bianchimoon wrote:
what an incredibly strange post/subjectManc33 wrote:I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
If everyone posts the gear they use (front and rear teeth) we could get an idea.
Its just your "setting off gear". I'm fantastically weak though.
39F/21R (1.86 wheel turns)
No lying!
Feel free to post another 'what tyres should I buy?' thread if you like!
not sure what you mean Rolf?
"I like to accelerate on my bike when I set off. Make people in cars think "He's fast".
if that sounds normal to you then hey -ho
I didn't say it sounds normal. Maybe it is a mildly demented thread topic but surely it is less boring than most on here? I'm just saying I'd rather something a bit different than yet another tyre thread; I suspect you'd prefer the tyres! At least here we don't know what the outcome will be!Faster than a tent.......0
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