Originally Posted by jeremyb_nz
Word to that, if you need the lowest gears on the triple it's faster to walk!!
Try this little hill in California without a triple.
http://www.edwardboyle.com/photos/756.jpg
You can see the road cut in the right side of the picture:
http://www.bryanbeller.com/literatur...PortalRoad.jpg
Lead up road of 13 miles from Lone Pine through the Desert:
http://www.bryanbeller.com/literatur...abamaHills.jpg
Horrible road condition:
http://image36.webshots.com/37/9/61/...7LjJHUa_ph.jpg
Desert Floor (3,800') to about 8,360' (21% grade), with a 10 mile 9% grade heading to it. Used to train on it, 26 mile round trip is about an hour and a half. Road condition is crap covered with sand often so forget speed. And did I mention, in the summer it's 110 at the base of the hill. I'd have given my right leg for a triple.