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Gearing for a long ride ?
PNWRS2000:
90 miles a day !
The other people are doing it on road and mountain bikes
griff:
We did London to Brighton in 8.5 hours on 20" BMX bikes last year (about 55 miles I think)
That does include stopping for lunch for a bit and waiting quite a bit to let peeps catch up, plus we were getting the aftermath of hurricane katrina so for about half of it we were riding into a headwind :D
I ran 44:16, think Pickle was on 45:16
90 miles in a day would be a bit of a bastard and you will be left behind quickly - although you'll probably have less chance of a puncture (we were going for probably less than 10 mins when we passed the first roadie with a blow out ;D )
Dark Diggler:
Moley has a GT with a sturmley archer geared hub, 5 gears....I think. That's what you need :daumenhoch:
griff:
--- Quote from: Dark Diggler on April 17, 2012, 11:42 AM ---Moley has a GT with a sturmley archer geared hub, 5 gears....I think. That's what you need :daumenhoch:
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forgot about that Si - did it ever get finished then?
would be a good mod for the land's end -> john o groats ride
Jon The Bassist:
If you're doing 90 miles on a BMX, I'd seriously consider doing it on a 26er for many reasons.
As for speed, I can keep up with all the commuting MTBers using my OM Flyer. It came with 39/17 and I've recently chnged that down to 39/18 to save wear on the bike and my knees going up some big hills.
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