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GCN rides a recumbent uphill...
Aug 14th, 2020, 2:22pm  
this is a video of the Global Cycling Network, a YouTube channel dedicated to cycling, attempting a pretty steep hill on a couple of low racers and a velomobile.
 
https://youtu.be/lD53YiygVhA
 
I think it’s just great to see the regular channels devoting any time at all to the laid back lifestyle. Give it a thumbs up so they’ll do more of this type of thing in the future.
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Re: GCN rides a recumbent uphill...
Reply #1 - Aug 14th, 2020, 8:46pm  
That young guy blew up before he got to the top of the hill in the velomobile. That's why this old guy doesn't own one.
 
That front-drive low racer was set up for flat land racing with 70T and 48T chainrings. Don't know why they would try to climb a steep hill with it.
 
The mid racer had granny gearing, so it was the most appropriate recumbent for hill climbing.
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Re: GCN rides a recumbent uphill...
Reply #2 - Aug 23rd, 2020, 5:12pm  
Yah, everything he rode up the hill was the wrong machine....   Cheesy
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Re: GCN rides a recumbent uphill...
Reply #3 - Sep 12th, 2020, 8:51pm  
He also didn't climb worth a crap ..   I almost couldn't watch it as his cadence and technique was so poor  it brought tears to my eyes and sailors words to my mouth
 
Quote from jayg on Aug 14th, 2020, 8:46pm:
That young guy blew up before he got to the top of the hill in the velomobile. That's why this old guy doesn't own one.

That front-drive low racer was set up for flat land racing with 70T and 48T chainrings. Don't know why they would try to climb a steep hill with it.

The mid racer had granny gearing, so it was the most appropriate recumbent for hill climbing.

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