MuddyMike Posted November 2, 2012 Share Today I commuted to work on my new SS for the first time. It was interesting. The route is 18km and it includes a climb of 300m ascent over a 6km stretch, the rest is pretty flat. I am running a 32:16 on a 26er. Now the interesting part is that the commute took me 56 minutes where as my usual commute on my 29er FS 3x10 takes me 60 minutes at a hard effort and around 65 minutes normally. Now does this mean that when it comes to the climb we chicken out to early and move to lower gear too soon? Dropping between 4 and 9 minutes over an hour ride is significant. Edited November 2, 2012 by MuddyMike DR ◣◢ and Seadog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rouxtjie Posted November 2, 2012 Share Its amazing what the muscles can do when faced with 1 gear. Its either ride, stand or push. Good job! Denny Menchov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 2, 2012 Share It's amazing what a new bike can do. DIPSLICK, MuddyMike, rouxtjie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexFuzzle Posted November 2, 2012 Share Its amazing what the muscles can do when faced with 1 gear. Its either ride, stand or push. Good job! Or in other words, you have to stand ride and push hard... or walk... I think in general when faced with an easier option humans take it... Edited November 2, 2012 by RexFuzzle MuddyMike, Let's Ride and arendoog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azonic Posted November 2, 2012 Share Could be that the SS is also a lot lighter... arendoog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted November 2, 2012 Share Good Job Buddy . I commute / train on my SS everyday and even if you feeling k@k you have no easy way out ! you have to trap ! MuddyMike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divernick Posted November 2, 2012 Share .....and that's why we ride SS! Welcome to the family! MuddyMike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted November 2, 2012 Share We like a gang bro ......... remember the nabour hood bmx gang as a kid . Well this is the adult version ......... Ryanpmb and MuddyMike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-Zulu Posted November 2, 2012 Share We like a gang bro ......... remember the nabour hood bmx gang as a kid . Well this is the adult version .........Now I fully understand why I'm building one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 2, 2012 Share Now I fully understand why I'm building one too I can see I am soon going to have to change my six million dollar man avatar back to Trompie. rouxtjie and MuddyMike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi-h Posted November 2, 2012 Share Today I commuted to work on my new SS for the first time. It was interesting. The route is 18km and it includes a climb of 300m ascent over a 6km stretch, the rest is pretty flat. I am running a 32:16 on a 26er. Now the interesting part is that the commute took me 56 minutes where as my usual commute on my 29er FS 3x10 takes me 60 minutes at a hard effort and around 65 minutes normally. Now does this mean that when it comes to the climb we chicken out to early and move to lower gear too soon? Dropping between 4 and 9 minutes over an hour ride is significant. How does your effort compare...? Surely a geared bike allows you to ride at a cadence where you get optimal power output at virtually any speed, so although I get all the benefits of a SS, it doesn't make sense that it makes you go faster, unless you generally don't push very hard on your normal bike. I would like you honest opinion on this, as I've said SS's are cool, but I don't think anybody considers them to be faster, otherwise we'd see the pro's riding them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexFuzzle Posted November 2, 2012 Share How does your effort compare...? Surely a geared bike allows you to ride at a cadence where you get optimal power output at virtually any speed, so although I get all the benefits of a SS, it doesn't make sense that it makes you go faster, unless you generally don't push very hard on your normal bike. I would like you honest opinion on this, as I've said SS's are cool, but I don't think anybody considers them to be faster, otherwise we'd see the pro's riding them The pros get paid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-Zulu Posted November 2, 2012 Share I can see I am soon going to have to change my six million dollar man avatar back to Trompie.I used to be the 2IC of a bicycle gang called the Gunston Boxies...on my Raleigh 7 speed racer, the gangleader had a Bomber! Uber cool mofo he was! Wyatt Earp and rouxtjie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi-h Posted November 2, 2012 Share The pros get paid... so how does that affect the selection of the fastest bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYGA Posted November 2, 2012 Share What kind of 29er FS are you riding? Might just be a bit of a donkey in comparison in terms of weight and efficiency. I find my hardtail SS is 100x more efficient than my dually and there's no sitting back and spinning out a hill at a mellow pace...it's all or nothing when you get out the saddle. siamesekatz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 2, 2012 Share What kind of 29er FS are you riding? Might just be a bit of a donkey in comparison in terms of weight and efficiency. I find my hardtail SS is 100x more efficient than my dually and there's no sitting back and spinning out a hill at a mellow pace...it's all or nothing when you get out the saddle. Just what he said above. You also will find that on tough climbs it hurts less to go hard and then keep the momentum vs riding slower and grunting it up the hill. This morning again I am in the position where I am considering selling the geared duallie as the SS is just so much fun. edit: spelling Edited November 2, 2012 by Hairy Denny Menchov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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