Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 13,501
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From: Boston-ish, MA
Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
I set up my gears with 48/36 looooong ago, and eventually changed it to 48/34. My reason for dropping the 52 to 48 at all was because I never used the small cog (on a 14-28 5-speed freewheel). I dropped the 36 to 34 more recently was because I was steep hitting hills late in a long rides.
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