phlegm wrote:
> I've got about 100 miles on 114s with my geared KH29. It feels great
> geared up on flats and downhills, but I'm not sure how I feel about
> uphills. Low gear is definitely better with shorter cranks, except for
> the really long steep stuff (like the 13% stuff I rode with Nathan and
> Corbin). Geared up, I'm more limited on what I can push uphill, so
> I've found myself down****fting similarly as the geared 36ers. I think
> one of the advantages of a geared 29er over a geared 36er is the
> ability to sustain the high gear over more terrain, so I think I may
> prefer the 125s to avoid ****fting as often.
About a month ago I finally got to the point on my Schlupmf 29er with
125s that I was comfortable enough at that crank length, and moving
fast enough on downhills and good flats that I thought it would be nice
to have shorter cranks. But I decided not to switch this close to the
race, mostly because I've been pu****ng the limits of what I can ride up
in the high gear, and I don't want to take a step back. I can now push
up grades up to about 4% faster in geared mode on the 29er than I can
on an ungeared 36er. I can climb grades a good bit steeper than that
in funky chicken mode, but that's not as fast as me on a 36er on the
same hill.
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tholub
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