Richmond Park Winter Training 2009/2010

Dammit - JimJams is selling a 44t Gebhardt ring here.

If you have read "The Restraint of Beasts" by Magnus Mills, you will understand. Quite a boy with the old high tension barbed wire is our James.
An under-rated book that warrants re-reading. I know have a picture of Richie (not BRM, the character in the book) in my head that looks just like DJ.

My favourite Magnus Mills book is The Scheme for Full Employment but I would heartily recommend all the others as well.

Ideal reading for a wet and cold November Saturday - except that I will be playing in the park with a bunch of men.

What about the Scheme for avoiding work, dossing and general blagging? Do you have a copy I could borrow?

Mike - that is this forum

I'm going for 71.4 GI coz Clive challenged me with a bit of the old HTFU when I mentioned using my winter geared bike.

I really hope i don't live to regret it.

I mean not regret it rather than dieing in Richmond Park

Clive

I am sure we can change your sprocket. Or better still if you have a fixed fixed hub we can put anoher on.

Clive.... stay away from the sprocket

So... is it cool to do this with a geared bike, or not? I couldn't really make conclusions fromt he above.

Either that or I'm on 49/14, which I know I can do the park in 20mins on.

So... is it cool to do this with a geared bike, or not? I couldn't really make conclusions fromt he above.

Either that or I'm on 49/14, which I know I can do the park in 20mins on.

That's 92 GI! Bit high isn't it? Do you have to disassemble and regrease and your knees after every ride?

sorry, just rechecked and it's a 15...

arantrek, it's not about doing the park in 20 mins. it's more like riding consistantly in a group, so GI and speed were some pointers towards that. in that specific case you are probably better off with the road bike as you would pace it quite differently on 92GI than you would on 63GI

So... is it cool to do this with a geared bike, or not? I couldn't really make conclusions fromt he above.

Either that or I'm on 49/14, which I know I can do the park in 20mins on.

I'll go geared if you go geared.

And if anyone is finding hard to ride consistently with the group, fell free to drop back and keep me company.

You lot need to HTFU, I ride around on 48/19 all the time, even my trick bike was around the same gear ratio, thats not spinny.....Sub 60GI is spinny, soft cunts.

@claus - that sounds cool, I just got the 20mins figure from the first post (averaging 100rpm on 63GI).

It probably makes sense to turn up on gears and then assess if I need to be changing some sprockets!

Thanks

P.S.

I would like to join in but I have to work every Saturday :(

CJames. Join Rollapaluza CC and join us on some Sunday rides or mid week hill reps.

You lot need to HTFU, I ride around on 48/19 all the time, even my trick bike was around the same gear ratio, thats not spinny.....Sub 60GI is spinny, soft cunts.

And that's a lot less that 71.4 so what's your point exactly?

CJames. Join Rollapaluza CC and join us on some Sunday rides or mid week hill reps.

Sounds good, I might just do that :)

And that's a lot less that 71.4 so what's your point exactly?

Anything above the mid-late 60's is not sensible around town and in the winter?
There was no point really.....oh wait yeah, my point was....HTFU ;)

James. The idea is that in winter one should be training one's cadence and not power. Spinny gears not powerful ones.

Anything above the mid-late 60's is not sensible around town and in the winter?
There was no point really.....oh wait yeah, my point was....HTFU ;)

Sure it is, I've been riding 71 for over 6 months and it's perfect for town and the straighter roads as I get towards home. Admittedly my ride is flat s a pancake.

James. The idea is that in winter one should be training one's cadence and not power. Spinny gears not powerful ones.

Clive I think you've just convinced me to get a winter training fixed bike too. I think there might just be room in the shed.

clive what is your secret? you convinced people to get a cycling club membership and a fixed gear bike in less than 5 min