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Old 07-31-2020, 11:56 AM
Mark McM Mark McM is offline
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Originally Posted by rain dogs View Post
Going up a 12%-15% slopes with a 42 x 34 sounds bad on road, but off road that's just plain awful.
Back in the day, we used it ride those slopes in even bigger gears - say, a 42 x 24 (or even lower). But that's back when cylists were tough, and real cyclists rode straight blocks:

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...straight+block
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