Sentences with phrase «uphill stretches»

On uphill stretches, an Eneloop rider can press a small switch on the left handlebar to shift the bike into Auto mode, which automatically determines when the motor should kick in, or «Power Up» mode which provides twice the force of regular pedaling.

To be fair, Mazda has done an admirable job of extracting good performance from a small, naturally aspirated engine, but we couldn't help but wish for a bit of well - timed boost on the uphill stretches.

A completely new interpretation of the cruise control system also moves the vehicle with minimum fuel consumption, allowing it to drop below the set speed within a certain lower limit in favour of lower fuel consumption, for example on gentle uphill stretches of motorway.

Those are small numbers and it shows with acceleration that is fine on city streets, but lacking on uphill stretches and getting up to speed on the highway.

With the cruise control set to take advantage of Arizona's 75 - mph speed limit, the car stays in eighth gear on uphill stretches and takes advantage of the supercharged engine's 339 lb - ft torque.

Uphill stretches require minimal gear hunting, and downhill coasting can induce a proactive downshift or two.

Coming out of a bend or facing an uphill stretch of road with trundling minibuses, we unleashed everything the 911 GTS had with the «sport response» button on the steering wheel.

We began hiking an uphill stretch and came upon this snack store, settled comfortably in the mountain side.

I liked being able to see how quickly other runners conquered a difficult uphill stretch of a course I run regularly (although I'm a little peeved that they were much faster than me).

Not exact matches

Balls that roll uphill, bathtubs that stretch and shrink, freaky faces and throbbing hearts.

In another study, pre-run stretching caused an 8 % drop in running performance on a one mile uphill run.

The 500X's 2.4 - liter SOHC 16 - valve I - 4 engine isn't overpowering by any stretch, but its 180 horsepower and 175 lb - ft of torque are adequate as long as you aren't going uphill for long.

There are several tight, uphill hairpins on this early stretch of Decker; hard on the gas, then the brakes, drop a gear with a roarty throttle blip, turn in, and the Miata tucks its nose in eagerly.

Its 260 hp and 240 lb - ft of torque were plenty to pull the Murano up the steepest stretches of this scenic west coast route, but while Nissan's latest CVT tech performs crisper «downshifts» and behaves more like a traditional automatic, this one seemed to have a hard time finding and hanging onto a just - right ratio on the uphill bits.

The cruise control makes it bearable to get through the long empty stretches of highway and the power of the engine makes the steep uphill portions of highway very easy to get through.

2013 wasn't a great year for CRH — the new CEO, Albert Manifold, has inherited an uphill task (& a stretched balance sheet) from veteran Myles Lee.

We felt a bit stretched «all hikes in New Zealand are uphill - that is where the views are, awed (stars are bright), well fed and excited.

Although it is accessible to most levels of hikers with good fitness levels, the altitude, length of trekking each day, and tough uphill / downhill stretches definitely increase the difficulty of this hike.