Waterfall Earybirds 6am Sunday 6/9/2009

[mikesbytes]

Need an early finish, so I'm heading out to Waterfall at 6am on Sunday. If your planning to join me, then let me know, otherwise I head directly from Tempe

[mikesbytes]

Changed the start time to 6am so can ride up to Waterfall with the RNP'ers

[mikesbytes]

Does anyone know what speed we did going down the big dipper?

[jimmy]

I think that I hit about 65km going down there.

James

[mikesbytes]

180rpm

[jimmy]

Mike, that's assuming that you kept pace with me? If you didn't then you didn't hit that rpm.

I stayed in the small ring, and I hit 153rpm, that was the highest that I saw on the computer.

James

[mikesbytes]

Yes I matched pace with the geared bikes going down hill. But it killed my legs and as a result I was dropped going up the other side, eventually catching up to the new guy, sorry don't know his name.

[weiyun]

I stayed in the small ring, and I hit 153rpm...

Why did you do that? Was there a particular reason for staying in the small?

[fenn_paddler]

Mike, that's assuming that you kept pace with me? If you didn't then you didn't hit that rpm.

I stayed in the small ring, and I hit 153rpm, that was the highest that I saw on the computer.

James

Was going to ask about that yesterday...noticed you in little on the front little on the back, with a pretty ugly chain angle.

Chers,
Alan W

[jimmy]

Was going to ask about that yesterday...noticed you in little on the front little on the back, with a pretty ugly chain angle.

Chers,
Alan W

No particular reason, I try and avoid small small, not for the chain angle, but because I get more noise out of the system in that configuration.

I was probably in it on the big dipper as it isn't a super fast descent, and you will need to shift down on the other side, so I just don't bother changing to the big ring.

James