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Absolutely. I can only imagine what it is like for people who are fit but not as fit as we are. I climbed some smaller hills last weekend on a Z2 ride (about 230~240 W max). So I had to keep my power in check. I needed to lower my cadence to ~55 rpm on some bits to stay well below FTP, and my lowest gear was 42:30 = 1.17. If my FTP were lower, I'd definitely opt for even easier gearing, I think even what is available now is way too hard for many/most.Yep, once you go bigger, I doubt you'll go smaller.
That sounds like torture for my knee joints. I am used to some grinding during mountain biking, but the gear equivalent to 39:23 = 1.70 = 42:25 is in the middle of my current cassette. Although I have seen some old timers on hill climbs with a "standard" crankset. I couldn't see their gearing, but they were surely grinding away.When I first started hillclimbs in Japan, 11/23 was the standard cassette. I tweaked my standard 53/39 crank with a 38 Sugino inner chain ring. That was a game changer back then, but now you can really customize your gearing, so an almighty 11/40 plus cassette for offroad can take you so much further.
Sorry Roo, don't get it!? Must be showing my youth
Andy
Got it, that was the golden age with the likes of Connors and Bjorg too.
A few years later and I was hooked on Mcenroe. I lapped up anything sports in mid 80s summertime, Saturday afternoon wrestling with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, darts with Eric Bristow and of course the snooker with Higgins and Davis.
Watched a good movie in recuperation today if you are interested in snooker!?
Andy
Aye. Darts was worth following when Sid 'tangible tungsten tension' Waddell was on commentary dutyVitas was around the time of Connors and Borg. He came to Oz when a lot of the good players wouldn't and was a household name as the heyday of Australian tennis drew to a close.
Darts is a sport I could get into! Jockey Wilson! Yes, Hurricane Higgins and Steve Davis. Remember them from Pot Black, where the Aussies had Eddie Charlton.
Sorry....threadjacked.
Update: don't know if Asahi Cycle were pulling my p.sser but bike shop 2 say they can do the necessary work for 10k. all in.Sounds like you need a new drive chain, ie. crankset, chain and cassette.
In terms of cost, it depends what quality of parts you want and if you want to do it yourself or not?
For Shimano, a quick search on amazon shows that chains are 5,000 yen. The cheapest crank sets are 3000 to 4000 yen. The cheapest cassettes are also in that price range.
Asahi is just a bike shop chain. If you fit the parts yourself, probably about 13,000 yen. If you go to a local bike shop, and order those cheap parts plus labour, maybe 17,000 to 20,000 yen?
Andy
Yep, once you go bigger, I doubt you'll go smaller.
When I first started hillclimbs in Japan, 11/23 was the standard cassette. I tweaked my standard 53/39 crank with a 38 Sugino inner chain ring. That was a game changer back then, but now you can really customize your gearing, so an almighty 11/40 plus cassette for offroad can take you so much further.
All this talk of Jocky Wilson reminded me of when Dexy's Midnight Runners played their seminal hit 「Jackie Wilson Said」 on Top of the Pops with a giant photo close up of Jocky Wilson!
This thread, like a good pop song, or a good bike ride, has many twists and turns!
Andy
This epic final between Jocky and the crafty cockney had its twists & turns too!
This epic final between Jocky and the crafty cockney had its twists & turns too!