Originally Posted by tc83
I did the the GRR yesterday with a compact (36x23 being my lightest gear), and my knees are telling me today that they wished I had lighter gears to spin in on some of those short/steep hills. The East River climb was alright though. All in all, I felt like the real meat and potatoes of the GRR were stuffed in between miles 65-80, though that might be because I had a brush with bonking around mile 75. What a great day for it, though.
I'm the exact opposite...I have plenty of short steep stuff to climb at home.....I liked East River becase it was so long....like I said, once you found a gear and got comfortable it was just a long spin to the top...I did it in 34x28 and would not have wanted to do it in any less....
