tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post7629943511067145122..comments2024-01-07T19:44:38.922-07:00Comments on Slip Angle: Eat your way to fitnessChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14960740006971546039noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-53581975074896410402008-07-21T19:48:00.000-06:002008-07-21T19:48:00.000-06:00John - Nice! Always fun to meet more Westy people....John - Nice! Always fun to meet more Westy people. It's a great place to ride IMO.<BR/><BR/>Vito - If you've got a 29er and it's relatively flat but offroad, I'd say 32x18 or 32x20 is a good place to start. If you're talking 26er, subtract 2 teeth from the back. I have run everything from 40x16 to 36x22 and most of the stuff inbetween but my "usual" gear offroad on a 26er is 36x20 and for pavement it's around 36x16.Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784545362014118868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-60909181238998885012008-07-19T15:24:00.000-06:002008-07-19T15:24:00.000-06:00hey. found your blog through searching westminste...hey. found your blog through searching westminster twitter peeps. your are a rider, too. bonus. enjoying your blog.<BR/>btw - my first big bike purchase in 1984? can you guess. Trek 560! vive le suntour components!<BR/>twitter - johnincoloradoJohn In Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346695915827701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-41583408191417011042008-07-19T07:20:00.000-06:002008-07-19T07:20:00.000-06:00I'm not an endurance racer or rider. Just love to ...I'm not an endurance racer or rider. Just love to ride. I recently purchased a monocog flight and absolutely love it.<BR/>Do you have any suggestions on gearing? Based on what I've read above, it's seems to be a matter of experimentation. <BR/>I don't live in the mountains.<BR/><BR/>Be careful with those bears!Vitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01277306434031774094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-36353623712119823632008-07-18T12:51:00.000-06:002008-07-18T12:51:00.000-06:00Jill-I'm usually much nicer to the bears! "Please ...Jill-I'm usually much nicer to the bears! "Please let me pass safely Mr.Bear, thank you!" and "I already met your Canadian friends and they're cool so I don't have to meet you too. Please stay in the woooooooooods."<BR/><BR/>Stefan - No worries on the meeting, just let me know what you want me to cover if Sheryl goes into labor. As to the gearing, it's a constant struggle. If you go too low then it's that much easier to spin out when it's loose. Too hard and you walk that much more. Such is the life of a SSer...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960740006971546039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-75975148340371229612008-07-18T11:39:00.000-06:002008-07-18T11:39:00.000-06:00Holy freaking smoke, I have never seen an elevatio...Holy freaking smoke, I have never seen an elevation profile of the *whole* CTR! I'm no SSer, but I would say take your lowest case gearing (36x22) and then take it a few notches lower...<BR/><BR/>I spent most of my time in granny or 1 up. (22x34/30). Jefe had an even lower gearing with his Rohloff, and I was jealous that last day. Not many flat spots on the CT, and the steeps can be steep!<BR/><BR/>If you can just barely ride the 1st part of seg. 2 coming up from the S. Platte river, I'd say that's about right!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I may be pleading with you to run the pre-race Q&A if Sheryl goes into Labor that morning...Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310823945029919998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-8283584091026138552008-07-18T10:20:00.000-06:002008-07-18T10:20:00.000-06:00It's not strange to talk to the animals. I think i...It's not strange to talk to the animals. I think it's respectful. Seems like I'm always talking to the prarie dogs on High Plains on my morning commute telling them to 'hurry up!' so i don't hit em as they scurry across the trail to dive in their holes.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385525295916803985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9492102.post-86016874872620730112008-07-18T01:52:00.000-06:002008-07-18T01:52:00.000-06:00I talk to the bears often, usually very loudly, an...I talk to the bears often, usually very loudly, and I always say the same thing... "Hey bear! Hey stupid bear! If you're over there, stay over there."Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.com