Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
50 yesterday and 70 today.
Temps back in the 90’s .
24% climb. I was already in the small ring, but wanted to keep my cadence consistent and incrementally grab cogs.
Didn’t work out; dropped some chain and was lucky not to fall, I unclipped just in time.
Could not clip L foot back in, climbed it with one clipped, one just pushing pedal.
So, 16 miles later went at it again, 34/32 and rode right up, cut 53 seconds off the time.
Rode the Wraith. I can’t climb 24% on an Ironman.
In a bridge, about mile 26.
That looks absolutely brutal.
I'm not sure I could climb that without switching mine to a 110 BCD crankset for the 34T small ring.
Gotta admit, I'd be tempted to try it with my 38, 39 or even 42 small ring, but I'd probably use platform pedals and regular shoes the first time, in case I needed to bail out.
The steepest climb I can find locally is nothing like that. Maybe low double digits, around 15% at worst. And only 400 yards at most before it flattens out a bit.