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06-16-10 | 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cyclezealot

While on the flats, quite often.. I might be wanting to speed up to catch up with my group.. My experience on the flats , when I take my gearing up to the higher gears , I gain speed. While just cruising along on the flats, I usually find my favorite setting to be in the middle chain ring in the front and close to the smallest in the back.

Either your bike is geared low, your friends are extremely fast, or you ride a very low cadence.

53/12 at 90rpm is 32mph.

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