Hill climbs
Hi
Having some trouble getting the schwinehundt (R80G/S) up steep slippery slopes. Its got loaded panniers, tent etc on board.
Starts to spin the back wheel before hoisting the front, then throws itself sideways onto the road. I figure this is flywheel effect on one wheel. After doing this five or six times I gave up.
I am on the pegs leaning over the tank as far as I can during this tiring process. I can start with some momentum but as there are corners the momentum is lost. The surface is too loose to push the bike up running in first gear, just wheelspin and over it goes.
I figured I might be missing something. The hill I am trying to get up climbs for a kilometre or so and climbs about 400 metres, the track is a 1200metres climb over 7 kms.
I havent resorted to knobbies yet as its a 4-500km ride to get there, and my metz dual purpose rear was bald after 1000kms. Stuffed the rear main seal as well???
alec
[This message has been edited by simmo (edited 15 March 2005).]
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