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I'm sure this query has been answered before, but I was wondering if anybody knows what low gears Chris Froome used on Mont Ventoux in the Tour. The way he was spinning was phenomenol on such a tough climb.
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Just to expand the subject, what low gears do the guys in the grupetto use?
Being much bigger, heavier guys than the climbers one may assume that they use lower gears to haul themselves up those climbs but maybe not---I don't know.
Being much bigger, heavier guys than the climbers one may assume that they use lower gears to haul themselves up those climbs but maybe not---I don't know.
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No kidding. One of our own climbed it in 48/18 -- more than once in a day!
https://www.thebicyclestory.com/2011/...ventoux-rides/
https://www.thebicyclestory.com/2011/...ventoux-rides/
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