Originally Posted by
Bostic
Out of the many times I have ridden my solo bike with Marco and Ruth on their Calfee tandem, the only time I was not dropped on the HW 84 descent from Sky Londa to La Honda and San Gregorio was when I was on my steel 2010 Specialized Allez bike that weighed 24lbs. I had changed the 8 speed cassette from 12-25 to 11-28 just to have the 52x11.
Wise man. We always laugh at the fellas who try and keep up with there little 50's on a decent which allows us to spin out our 53.