Rides and Races - ragbrai?
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iwegian
10-05-08, 02:45 PM
i'm doing ragbrai next year and doing it on my fg. i think it'd be awesome to get a group of fixed gears together and ride it as a group. there's plenty of time before it so there's plenty of time for me to work up to doing 50+ miles aday for 5/6 days, and to get some people together.
santaanna's leg
10-15-08, 09:20 AM
Is the itinerary out yet? If it goes through NE Iowa, enjoy walking up a lot of hills.
I suppose you could run two different cogs and flip the wheel in the valleys, but it'd really be a *****.
iwegian
10-21-08, 11:21 PM
i was going to run a brake, and put my feet on my downtube on the downhills and use the brake to slow myself enough to get clipped in. and yeah, up hills, those could suck. but since it's ragbraii, there will always be someone slower than you
ban guzzi
10-21-08, 11:49 PM
I *might* do it fixed. Depends on the what the girlfriend decides she plans to run. I'll need to check the route first. I know that my gearing is probably a bit high (and its only 76!) for the whole route. Need gering that won't suck too badly up/down...
What I really need is the route they plan to use this year!
santaanna's leg
11-10-08, 03:05 PM
i was going to run a brake, and put my feet on my downtube on the downhills.....
That sounds like a stunt man kind of move. You approach 50 mph on some of those downhills, I couldn't imaging having my feet on the down tube.
You should at least go flip-flop and switch to the singlespeed side for the hills.
iwegian
11-12-08, 11:31 PM
i realized that, instead, i'm going to learn to spin like chris hoy in less than a year instead.
dickT3030
06-01-09, 01:01 PM
i bought a road bike for the RAG :(
iwegian
06-21-09, 10:49 PM
i think i'll likely do it on a road bike too, but i'm only able to do 3 days at the most this year becuase of summer classes.
i bought a road bike for the RAG :(
Same here, Felt Z100 for me, you?
fastcrow
05-21-10, 12:42 AM
Dude I might do it. I rode Omaha to Chicago last summer right before ragbrai started. First bike tour ever, it was really fun too. Iowa is a fantastic state. Except Ottumwa sucked balls.