Discussion: Redline Monocog

Is that the bike you see in the Performance catalog? With the little 32T chainring and a single 16T on back? I wonder if your cadence was > 100...

Close, mine is the Monocog Flight 29'er which is a bit lighter and comes with disc brakes. It came with a 52" gear (32x18), but I switched it to a 16 on back to make it a bit quicker on the road. My cadence might have been as slow as 30-40 in a couple of the switchbacks, but generally I was keeping it above 80 on the ups. On the level and downhills, I was spinning 100-120, which is pretty much where I like to be on a mountain bike. Had to stand quite a bit to do that, though. The 32x18 is definitely better gearing for trail use.

FWIW, my P.R. for cadence is 205 in a 200m race on rollers. I couldn't do anything close to that now; I'm spun out at about 160. I was there when Nelson Vails set the world record at 235 (again, in a 200m race on rollers). It was truly amazing.