A giant thank you to everyone who responded to my gearing question. You guys were a tremendous help. I have a lot of good options.
If you have 28 minutes to watch guys in spandex sweat on some legendary
hills, this is worth watching and very entertaining.
The concept of adding to the agony by having this ride in sub-freezing
weather beguiles me.
The opening scene descent is the street that I live on. It's identified in
the program as Brownshill Road the downhill leading to hill #3, Berry Hill
Road.
http://www.wqed.org/
Some interesting tidbits from the ride leader's website: A low gear of 39 x 27 is recommended although many have gone to 39 x 32 Most wins: 9 by Danny Chew in 83, 84, 85, 87-90, 97, & 03 Most consecutive wins: 7 by Steve Cummings from 2004-2010 Most wins, women: 2 by Betsy Shogren in 2009 & 2010 Youngest winner: 16 year old Josh Smith in 1992 Oldest winner: 41 year old Danny Chew in 2003 Heaviest winner: 186 pound Tom Chew in 1983 (first DD) Oldest hill winner: 50 year old Billy Kanarek in 2003 Oldest points scorer: 56 year old Oscar Swan in 1998 Oldest finisher: 65 year old Roger Brockenbrough in 1999 Youngest finisher: 13 year, 36 day old Andrew Reay in 2009 Heaviest finisher: 240 pounds by J. R. Petsko in 2009 Longest time between DDs: 23 years from 1984 to 2007 by Jonathan Pratt Highest low gear winner: 42x23 by Danny Chew in 1988 Highest low gear finisher: 45x22 (also fixed gear) by Gunnar Shogren in 2010
Please let me know what you think
Bob Schwartz
Pittsburgh, PA