Originally Posted by
saddlesores
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checking the free interwebs calculators:
26*1.95 tires. 22 ring 34 cog gives a 16.84 inch gear.
50 rpm = 4 km/h = 2.5 mph
56 rpm = 4.5 km/h
62 rmp = 5.0 km/h
If you can maintain 2.5 or even 3.0 mph while staying upright without a lot of turning the handle bars back and forth, I am impressed. I need 3.5 mph to maintain vertical and directional stability on those long uphills. And more speed needed if there are gusty sidewinds. If it is steep enough that I can't maintain that speed, I get off and push the bike.
I pushed the bike all the way up this 13 percent grade hill. There is no way my heart rate monitor would have been happy if I tried to pedal that.
