gerblefranklin wrote:
*That's amazing! My record is 12miles on a 24x3.0 muni with 158mm
cranks. Average speed was about 9mph on the paved path (6 miles) and
5-7mph on the easy single track. *


Those are impressive figures on a fat heavy tyre with very long cranks.
9mph average on a tractor is very good!

My 28 is light, with a narrow tyre, and 110mm cranks. My Coker is
faster in most circumstances, with a 36 inch wheel and 150mm cranks. On
my 24 (with only a 1.95 section tyre) I have achieved figures like yours
on 102mm cranks.

The secret to big distances is a steady and sustainable speed, careful
choice of route, the courage to get an hour or more away from home/the
car, and still to carry on, and the determination to stay in the saddle
for that little bit longer before resting.

The ideal distance machine has a fairly big wheel and a crank:wheel
radius ratio somewhere around 1:3, rather than 1:2 which you get on many
smaller wheeled unis 'out of the crate'.


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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we
fall."
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