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Stupid question Central

There are no stupid questions....

only dolts who ask them.

I definitely qualify as a dolt on these 'bents. Rather than start endless threads every time I have a dumb question, I thought I'd consolidate them into one thread, a clearing house for the clueless, if you will.

Anyway, I'm pretty amped because I got started from a standing stop, ie. non-Flintstone style for the first time ever, including one start going very slightly uphill.

Here are today's questions:

1. If you ride uprights with clips, do you change cleat position when you ride a 'bent? I have SPDs with the cleats as back as they will go for the DF. I sense that on a 'bent I might want to move them forward a bit.

2. Is there such thing as cross-chaining on a 'bent? Those chains are really long. I lubed it yesterday and it felt like it took me two hours or so.

3. Does anyone ever flip backwards going up a hill? That is a primal fear of mine.
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