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weasley
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PostPosted: 09:50 - 06 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:
mechanical fail today, hanger broke, gears and chain mangled around wheel Crying or Very sad was climbing a hill in a low gear - heading out of Goring on the b4009

Crying or Very sad

I assume you mean out of Streatley, rather than Goring - that is Streatley Hill, number 24 in the list of 100 best climbs in the UK. I’ve done it a few times with a full complement of gears, although only needing the granny ring and gear - it’s a tough climb!

Good bodge work too, shows the benefits of carrying some tools. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:34 - 06 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll carry a spare mech hanger now. Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:31 - 06 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

weasley wrote:
thx1138 wrote:
mechanical fail today, hanger broke, gears and chain mangled around wheel Crying or Very sad was climbing a hill in a low gear - heading out of Goring on the b4009

Crying or Very sad

I assume you mean out of Streatley, rather than Goring - that is Streatley Hill, number 24 in the list of 100 best climbs in the UK. I’ve done it a few times with a full complement of gears, although only needing the granny ring and gear - it’s a tough climb!

Good bodge work too, shows the benefits of carrying some tools. Thumbs Up


yeah Streatley hill. I attacked it, I was going to fly up it, I giggled as I passed the cyclists walking.

I got halfway up and thought this is tougher than I remember, it's like a mini Wrynose Pass. Then I had doubts that I'd make it after all, and then I started to think I'd have to get off and walk too then I dropped down more gears just before the private driveway, and then fell off.
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thx1138
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 06 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ste wrote:
You'll carry a spare mech hanger now. Laughing


I think that's a good idea. I had three inner tubes. Maybe two inner tubes and a hanger next time.
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 06 May 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

It’s a bastard climb; that private driveway is such a tempting place to bail out just as it ramps up for the final section. I’ve done it on MTB, road bike and gravel bike - my road bike is not really geared for it and I was a little bit sick in my mouth at the top.
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