Originally Posted by
somnambulant
You kids and your huge gears... *shakes head* I ride around 68-69 gear inches on the street. That gets me around comfortably at a reasonable clip no matter the conditions or if I'm tired. That would be in the 52x20 range. I don't even have a 52t on my geared bike! 36/46 chainrings ftw. Then again, that's my CX bike.
I hit 35mph (~55km/h?) the other day with my 46x17, that wasn't comfortable at all
I'm wanting to build my legs a bit more, and I want a higher cruise speed (aiming to keep the same rpm's, just go faster) eventually - 46x15 definitely feels heavy now, my acceleration has gone through the floor. Granted, this right now is a gear I wouldn't want to push when too tired - the 17 was lovely (around 69/70 GI I think) but I'm working upto it on this one. I'd felt I'd plateaud with my comfort zone/rpms - I just can't roll 110+rpm for long - I'll probably drop to a 17 again when the roads get crap - I ought to improve my spin I guess.
edit: I always wondered about Square Boy - I've been in that area a ton but never been. For those East enders, I definitely recommend Diamond Pizza (Main/Lumsden) and Golden Pizza (on the north side Danforth east of Petro Canada but west of the staggered lights before Sobeys) - Greek-esque comfort type food, really good stuff from my experience - they both deliver in the East York area at least. Now I'm in Parkdale, I kinda miss Golden or Diamond (used to live across the street from Diamond, heh). There's always Rice & Noodle, but that's no souvlaki in a pita with poutine :/
