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The person I sit next to at work was complaining that cycling made her knees hurt. I asked her whether she was spinning or grinding. Turned out she spent her entire time cycling around in the highest gear.
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It's astonishing how many people ride bikes and don't use their gears.
Maybe it’d be useful to have some kind of internet portal where these people can come together and compare notes on how they don’t use more than one gear. We could start with London first, see whether it takes off.
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A +ve tale from the western end of the '50km High Street'. Had some errands to do, including one in Uxbridge. Completed and deceided to pop into Southall to check the £1/bowl guys. This means climbing out of the Colne Valley up Hillingdon Hill. (Hillingdon underground station is doubly mis-named as both the Piccadilly & Metropolitan lines out here are overground but not the 'Overground', and it is nowhere near Hillingdon. When I was a Tube-commuting schoolboy it was correctly undernamed 'Hillingdon (Swakeleys)').
I cycled up the hill to find a Biffa domestic refuse truck blocking the bike lane, and protruding into the roadway. A car was also less than a bike width behind. I stopped and took a welcome swig of water and waited for Mr. Biffa to pull out.
I hadn't noticed a woman pushing an unloved hybrid. She caught up with me and exclaimed 'Did you cycle up that hill?'
I confirmed that indeed I had.
'Crazy' she replied and pushed her bike through another gap. Mr. Biffa finally pushed into the traffic and I crossed the road, catching up with the bike pusher. The bike had a triple chainset.
I suggested she tried with the 'little one' as it would be 25% easier, (rough estimate for a 50:40:30 triple?). She got back on the bike changed to the smallest chain ring and cycled away, admittedly on much less of an incline than the 'hill'.
Hopefully another bike owner who has fallen back in love with pedalpower.