Originally Posted by
DinoShepherd
Ha! Finally figured out who you are. Saw you at WaCounty. :-)
60 inches was actually about right for some of the muddy blind date races.
Yeah, Blind Date was where I first put my SSCX bike on the dirt (in the Master C race) and I was happy with the gearing there -- spun it out once or twice on the pavement after the finish line and barely made it up the hill behind the velodrome. I finished in about the same place the weeks I used my singlespeed bike as I did the weeks I used my geared bike but I felt faster.
Truth be told, there are very few places where I'd be spinning out with 60 inches. I would have been able to do it at Barton, but I didn't use the SS there. Generally, I just look at the course and if there's anything that looks remotely like a hill my SS bike stays in the van. Barton is the only race so far where I thought my gearing would have been too low to be useful.
I haven't figured out who you are, BTW. Say hello next time you see me.