Imagine this bike with one of those new 52 tooth cassettes on it. I'm going 22 32 44 and 42-11 on my road bike now. I want it to be the easy hill bike, though not as easy as this one, but should be able to climb 1 in 4 hills at a steady pace without having to stand/stomp on the pedals. Also 44/11 is not a bad top gear for a flat bar road bike with 700c wheels. I have no use for taller ratios like a 52/11 apart for occasional setting speed records downhill. Those are for drafting and pedaling along on fast powered bike kits.
AWESOME bike and vid!!
BTW, I looked up "Ultra Climber" but could not find that bicycle by that name; what is the actual brand and model? Thanks.
Imagine this bike with one of those new 52 tooth cassettes on it. I'm going 22 32 44 and 42-11 on my road bike now. I want it to be the easy hill bike, though not as easy as this one, but should be able to climb 1 in 4 hills at a steady pace without having to stand/stomp on the pedals. Also 44/11 is not a bad top gear for a flat bar road bike with 700c wheels. I have no use for taller ratios like a 52/11 apart for occasional setting speed records downhill. Those are for drafting and pedaling along on fast powered bike kits.
Now how is it descending? Do you slide off the seat?