When you’re not from New York you could marvel how folks handle to journey right here, however when you get out of city the driving’s not dangerous:
Not dangerous in any respect:
On this specific case I took paved roads and trails just about all the way in which up, after which unpaved trails just about all the way in which again down:
As soon as once more I additionally used the brand new bicycle owner and pedestrian bridge, which I’m now beginning to notice is nearly comically quick:
It’s so quick that, for those who had been on a Rivendell, by the point your rear wheel made it onto the bridge your entrance wheel would already be on the opposite facet.
You already know, due to the lengthy wheelbase:
That’s referred to as “Rivendell humor,” and it’s a distinct segment inside a distinct segment inside a distinct segment.
And for those who like Rivendell jokes, it’s a great factor I wasn’t driving the Platypus this time, as a result of it most likely exceeded the bridge’s weight restrict:
Anyway, it was a extremely pleasant journey, and nary one other highway person managed to molest me or trigger me any type of undue consternation, although as traditional I did must be careful for the deer:
In the meantime, when was anyone going to inform me concerning the new gear ratio factor?
Apparently I’m the final one to search out out that the UCI will quickly experiment with a most gear ratio in an effort to sluggish riders down:
Assessment of most gear ratio
A take a look at to restrict the utmost gear ratio – accredited by all households – will likely be carried out throughout a stage race within the second half of the 2025 season. The utmost gear ratio allowed on this context will likely be 54 x 11, i.e. 10.46 metres per crank revolution. The utmost gear ratio limitation goals to restrict the velocity reached in competitors. It has been confirmed that the very excessive speeds reached by riders at present are a threat issue for his or her security.
The occasions throughout which the exams will likely be carried out will likely be introduced at a later date.
For a sport seeking to shake the entire “omerta” factor, saying one thing has been “accredited by all households” looks as if a wierd solution to go about it:
As for the utmost gear ratio, I’ve by no means ridden a motorcycle geared up with a 54×11. I’ve ridden one with a a 53×11, since after I raced that’s what you had been supposed to make use of, however I can guarantee you it was completely for present. Nonetheless, it does appear to me {that a} skilled bicycle owner descending a mountain go can nonetheless rise up to terminal velocity relatively simply on a 54×11, so I’m unsure what distinction that is going to make, however no matter. I do know that every one the brand new freehub physique requirements now settle for 10-tooth cogs, and it will make me extraordinarily blissful if all these new wheels and drivetrains had been to all of a sudden turn into unlawful, however sadly I perceive it’s the general dimension of the gear that issues, not the variety of tooth on the smallest cog, and that as a lot as I’d wish to see just about each new piece of high-end biking gear banned in a single day I notice that’s not what’s going to occur.
I guess Path Much less Pedaled can also be fairly blissful about it:
Although I keep “gear shaming” isn’t a factor–no less than not shaming folks for utilizing small gears. If something, within the age of gravel, the one gear-shaming is criticizing folks as a result of their gearing is just too huge. In truth, so far as I can inform, “Alt biking” appears to be largely about folks shopping for high-end boutique gear from corporations like Chris King and White Industries, bragging about how they by no means exert themselves, and shaming folks on cheap highway bikes for driving too exhausting.
So far as I’m involved, within the age of the $600 wide-range cassette, excessive gears are the brand new low gears. Additionally, let’s not overlook I rode all of Switzerland with a low gear of 42×21, and anybody who doesn’t do the identical is a “woosie:”
That’s not gear-shaming, that’s simply the reality.
And sure, after all I consider quick access to low gearing is an excellent factor, however I do assume it’s all gone a bit of loopy, which is why you want a singlespeed for the occasional actuality examine:
Besides having a singlespeed actually doesn’t rely you probably have a bunch of different bikes that aren’t singlespeeds–and I say this as somebody who has a singlespeed along with a bunch of different bikes that aren’t singlespeeds. It’s simple to journey round saying “One gear actually is all you want!” after I’ve bought one other bike nearly precisely prefer it with all of the gears on this planet ready for me at dwelling:
It’s like calling your self car-free as a result of the automobile is in your partner’s identify. In fact, like placing the automobile in your partner’s identify, having each geared bikes and singlespeeds can also be good. But it surely doesn’t imply you get to go round congratulating your self.
And eventually, whereas the UCI could also be making an attempt to restrict the velocity of human-powered bicycles, you’re free and clear to go as quick as you need in New York Metropolis, simply so long as you aren’t driving an e-bike:
See?
In fact, this omits each the truth that New York Metropolis has actually ticketed common cyclists for dashing over time, and that there exists such a factor as “Fred ‘Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo’ Velocity:”
The venerable Wall Avenue Journal then goes on for example the sheer velocity of which aggressive cyclists are succesful by citing essentially the most unlikely instance attainable. Positive, hundreds upon hundreds of individuals on S-Works (S-Workses?) and Pinarellos could stream over the George Washington Bridge on any given weekend, and there are common highway races within the parks, however one way or the other they managed to discover a triathlete who rides a Bridgestone:
I assume he by no means heard of “occasion tempo.”
