Get in better shape or get some easier gearing for the hillz, :p
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I was riding with a group of fairly solid riders this summer. The bike I was using didn't have a granny gear. Everyone else spinning up the hills nice and slow at a good high RPM and I'm struggling to maintain 8mph. By the end of the summer I was able to tackle the big hills and manage to keep from falling under 8mph. (any slower than that and the RPMs get too slow and then it sucketh the big time.) It was challenging and all, but biking is fun; the hardship of hills seems worth it to me.
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Hmmm...tempting. Only other thing I can think of that would stop (or make me getinto freaking good shape) is that usually I have a break in the day - sometimes 3-4 hours, so I go home...either I toughen up and get in shape or die on thew a...:p
Maybe in the spring...but II just keep postponing working out :/ |
Start now!
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A few things to check when your mileage starts dropping would be: Air pressure in the tires, brakes dragging check for warm wheels and rims, Oil getting close to the end of its life needs changing, exhaust pipe soot buildup from faulty injection, fuel leak, colder temperatures, low engine temps from faulty thermostat - to name just a few things.
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Just got inspection and oil changed...the rest should be decent as its still a fairly new car, psi is 43ish cold
one more question - if the scanguage gives me the current mpg as around 100+ when in neutral, and 9999 when in gear when coasting, should I continue to coast in neutral or in gear? |
The coasting question is a difficult one...you will use no fuel coasting in gear (on a manual) but some coasting in neutral. I usually cost in gear to a stop and neutral when I don't want to slow down.
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Weird. You'd think they'd have found a way to shut it off when in neutral, but then again, I might just not know what I'm talking about. Which I don't.
I guess I'll AB it with my first trip today and when I go back to school in half an hour...which ones higher. |
You can always shut it off yourself, :p
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