3) My riding is in the Chilterns where there are plenty of steep slopes – though there’s nothing super long. I also ride Swineley a lot where there are NO long climbs and nothing terribly steep[/I]
Slopes, yep and all of a 1/4 mile at the most.
I use to ride in The Chilterns and thought we’d plenty of climbing with the many bridleways going straight up/over the escarpment, and then I moved to the Scottish Borders…
Most rides have +3000ft, in 10-12 miles. Climbs are often in the region of 40 mins etc. My current setup is 32 oval and 11-46 on a 29er. It’s a good range of gears and the smallest pretty much gets me up any climb around here while the largest is well into +30 mph – certainly fast enough to not want to fall off!
