Up Hill Battle & Wheelies

[CIP57_imp]

I can't imagine the hill that couldn't be taken in at least 2nd on the CB. A serious sharp turn on a hill may require a drop to first to negotiate but I have ridden up some seriously steep hills in Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina in 2nd and third gears.

I agree, 2nd is the power gear, maybe off road uphill negotiating pot holes you would be in first.

There are a lot of similarity between a motor's torque and human torque. When bicycling up a grade you would never see a professional in a gear that would cause him to max out torque and cause burn, there always spinning. Torque builds big muscles and burn out rather than endurance. Same with a motor, its much happier and less stressed at higher RPM. A motor will be less stressed up hill spinning at 5000rpm's than 2500 rpm's.