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Bicycling

happyslug

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4. You did a 20% climb on a Recumbent, that is doing good

Reply to VideoGameVet (Reply #3)

Fri May 8, 2015, 02:34 PM

May 2015

Recumbents are known to be faster on flataways and on small grades but are inferior to conventional bikes when it comes to hill climbing. That you did a 20% grade is very good. I have NOT done the Dirty Dozen by bicycle (I have walked up Boustead and Brosville road on the Dirty Dozen but I refuse to bike up them). Given the hills in this area, I stay with a Conventional bike. Inferior to recumbents on the flats, they exceed going up hills (downhill, anything does well).

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For the spring classics... A cobbled climb [View all] jberryhill Apr 2015 OP

Where's the hill? VideoGameVet May 2015 #1

20%? That All?? Canton Street in Pittsburgh is 37% grade AND Cobblestone happyslug May 2015 #2

So awesome. VideoGameVet May 2015 #3

You did a 20% climb on a Recumbent, that is doing good happyslug May 2015 #4

I live on a decent size hill VideoGameVet May 2015 #5