Granny Gear's

[doug]

For those of you who don't know what a Granny Gear is,it's not a rain coat, three cardigans,a head scarf, wolly boots and an over sized hand bag that your mother's mother used to wear, it's when you have three cogs on the peddle section of your bike( as appose to two)the smaller of these cogs is granny gear,if any body would like information on using this gear Brian Ivory is about as experienced as they come,even on short hill's brian has the know how on how to use them,even though Caroline Boyle has them banned from saturday cycles Brian can show you how to hang in the back like a bold child in school and sneak into 'The Granny Gear'. so if you feel the urge to go into the granny gear,remember it can have long term effect's like weak leg's,leg's spinning out of control and one or two other side effects like a lot of slagging from other club members so don't be tempted!!!!!Personally i'm against them i tryed it once and the bike wouldn't go into it (thank god) other wise this post would be written about me instead of brian.

[pjwade]

So Doug, from what I remember about the Slieveblooms, you would prefer to walk than use the Granny gear then :-) .. right? . you hate it that much

[doug]

If you read that report again philip you'll see that myself and yvonne were taking in the sceenery on slieve bloom,and there's a big difference between a slieve bloom and the road to collinstown were brian was caught.

[lancearmstrong]

Hi guys,
In my humble opinion I think Brian was right to use his Granny gear. I've used it many times in my cycling career and would highly recommend it!

Live Strong

Lancee

[doug]

In fairness to you Lancee you've been trough a lot with the testicular cancer and chemo therapy and all and probably needed them at some stage,unlike Brian :Pwho had a snuffly nose once and a sore bum from the saddle,i don't think there's any comparison. ;D