Designing a bike for hill climb
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Larger cogs = longer lever arms = lower chain tension.
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Usually racing is what pushes the limits. I certainly couldn't climb some of the steeper sections they climb in many grand tours and especially in races that are all about climbing.
I'm still not understanding what you are wanting. We have bikes with what to me are ultra low gear ratios. How steep a hill and for what distance are you wanting to climb would probably answer the questions most of us want to know.
I'm still not understanding what you are wanting. We have bikes with what to me are ultra low gear ratios. How steep a hill and for what distance are you wanting to climb would probably answer the questions most of us want to know.
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So one of my current bikes is kind of a frankenbike. From what I've read here it doesn't look like I can improve much more of it.
it is an advent rear derailleur that goes I think 11-42 or 46 9 speed.
I actually have a double on the front. 50/36. Advent supposedly doesn't support it but it works fine.
The 50 is too tall and I end up spending most of my time on the 36. But it can go below a 1:1 ratio. All the climbers have around a 36 front and a 36 back.
it is an advent rear derailleur that goes I think 11-42 or 46 9 speed.
I actually have a double on the front. 50/36. Advent supposedly doesn't support it but it works fine.
The 50 is too tall and I end up spending most of my time on the 36. But it can go below a 1:1 ratio. All the climbers have around a 36 front and a 36 back.
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In that case you need a mountain bike with SRAM Eagle (30T chainring and 52T rear). You will be limited by traction and your own strength and skill. An adjustable travel fork helps too ie wind it down for the ultra-steeps.
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As for the gearing, it would still be just as good (or bad) if the larger chainring was 53T. The gearing makes about as much sense as the 20 lb. weight. But at least it is aero. Sort of.
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You introduced the Emonda into the discussion and wondered why it doesn't have super low gearing for climbing. It doesn't because it's a road racing bike, and it's geared for that.
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I picked it out of several such examples because I was more familiar with it.
They actually made the gearing more steep on the model my kid has, the year after he bought it.
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Racing where there are significant climbs involved. The gearing (compact double) is pretty much par for that sort of bike. You might well want to go a bit lower for a dedicated hill climb bike, but this bike is intended for a wider use case.
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All that OP needs to do is to change their front chain ring to something a little smaller and maybe replace a rear cassette with something that will provide lower gearing that's it...They don't need a $ 14 000 road racing bike with electronic shifting and hydro disc brakes just to climb hills....I am surprised nobody mentioned developing better climbing fitness.
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All that OP needs to do is to change their front chain ring to something a little smaller and maybe replace a rear cassette with something that will provide lower gearing that's it...They don't need a $ 14 000 road racing bike with electronic shifting and hydro disc brakes just to climb hills....I am surprised nobody mentioned developing better climbing fitness.
We'll apparently never know what the OP's deal is---easier climbing? Hill climbing competitions?
No one who starts a topic is obligated to follow up, but it rankles a bit when a poster starts a thread with a request for advice but never revisits it, or else at some point posts one irrelevant reply that ignores all previous posts in the thread.
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But in the genre of Road Bikes.
Apparently the OP isn't planning on using a road based on the picture provided by the OP. Which still leaves a lot of information out and make one wonder if the OP is more interested in the trolling for conversation of any sort.
Apparently the OP isn't planning on using a road based on the picture provided by the OP. Which still leaves a lot of information out and make one wonder if the OP is more interested in the trolling for conversation of any sort.
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That's nothing new on bikeforums, it happens all the time. We've had a lot of one hit wonders over the years. Multiple pages of replies while the original poster who started the thread never actively participating in their own thread.
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All that OP needs to do is to change their front chain ring to something a little smaller and maybe replace a rear cassette with something that will provide lower gearing that's it...They don't need a $ 14 000 road racing bike with electronic shifting and hydro disc brakes just to climb hills....I am surprised nobody mentioned developing better climbing fitness.
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A dedicated climbing bike will make climbing easier, independent of the cyclist's current fitness level.
Stating otherwise is essentially saying that only the most fit cyclists benefit from a high performance bike. Which is ridiculous.
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But the question was clear. It was about designing a climbing bike, not rider fitness. The gearing is about the only thing that might change with fitness, which has already been mentioned.
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Why does it always have to be easier ??....Personally I look at hill climbing as an exercise and I try to make it harder. Making an exercise too easy will eliminate the stimulus which is necessary to make progress and become stronger.
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