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| CapeRoadie wrote: | | thunderthighs wrote: | | 23..21..19..17..15..13.. my favorite block... |
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12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/21/23
I like the 18 cog. That was new for me this year. |
When I was a schoolboy, that would have required two blocks 
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Bartali
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Location: Hertfordshire
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| CapeRoadie wrote: | | thunderthighs wrote: | | 23..21..19..17..15..13.. my favorite block... |
I rode:
12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/21/23
I like the 18 cog. That was new for me this year. |
Only 10 gears Cape?
When I was a kid I liked 13-21. I could ride anything with a 42-21 back in the day. These days its all compacts and 26 tooth granny cogs! |
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kellyrocheearly
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Location: Ireland/Boston
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Bartali wrote: | | CapeRoadie wrote: | | thunderthighs wrote: | | 23..21..19..17..15..13.. my favorite block... |
I rode:
12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/21/23
I like the 18 cog. That was new for me this year. |
Only 10 gears Cape?
When I was a kid I liked 13-21. I could ride anything with a 42-21 back in the day. These days its all compacts and 26 tooth granny cogs! |
I still have a 42-21 on my winter bike.
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CapeRoadie
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Location: The sandy windswept peninsula
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| sheeponabike wrote: | Cape - sorry about the thread drift, but I thought you might appreciate this
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Is it any good? I like the label. Thanks, sheep. I think it fits perfectly in this thread. It's one of the reasons why some us started racing: more beer!
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CapeRoadie
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| kellyrocheearly wrote: | | Bartali wrote: | | CapeRoadie wrote: | | thunderthighs wrote: | | 23..21..19..17..15..13.. my favorite block... |
I rode:
12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/21/23
I like the 18 cog. That was new for me this year. |
Only 10 gears Cape?
When I was a kid I liked 13-21. I could ride anything with a 42-21 back in the day. These days its all compacts and 26 tooth granny cogs! |
I still have a 42-21 on my winter bike. |
Anyone here pulling a 55-11?
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last km
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone here pulling a 55-11?
Probably TT or me on the Tourmalet descent....... |
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Bartali
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Location: Hertfordshire
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| CapeRoadie wrote: | | Anyone here pulling a 55-11? |
Ha ha. Them's TT gears!
I couldn't turn that sort of gear ... |
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Enchantress
Joined: 23 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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By accident truthfully - started racing I mean.
I had been riding for fitness and weight loss. After a short while I realized I was quite taken with the sport.
It was a natural progression to first ride with a club then finally make the transition to racing about 3 years ago.
Best successes? A few wins in category 3.
My problem is one typical of women's racing in some smaller areas of america - with so few competitors and few flat races - it makes it hard for someone of my strengths to win. I've got a classic power profile of a strong sprinter with excellent anaerobic power but quite modest aerobic and threshold power. |
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CapeRoadie
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Enchantress wrote: | By accident truthfully - started racing I mean.
I had been riding for fitness and weight loss. After a short while I realized I was quite taken with the sport.
It was a natural progression to first ride with a club then finally make the transition to racing about 3 years ago.
Best successes? A few wins in category 3.
My problem is one typical of women's racing in some smaller areas of america - with so few competitors and few flat races - it makes it hard for someone of my strengths to win. I've got a classic power profile of a strong sprinter with excellent anaerobic power but quite modest aerobic and threshold power. |
Did you race this week?
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Enchantress
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| CapeRoadie wrote: |
Did you race this week? |
Only against the deadline of having all my stuff in the moving van!  |
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thunderthighs
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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55 x 11... thats a nasty gear the fatigue creeps very slowly ..but it KIlls you.. tryed that gear last year in a local ride.. when i went to he front, i killed the guys.. they cursed me.. 6 gears or plenty uless you are Lance..then u need many more....
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