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03-24-11 | 08:46 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by Doug64

A 44 tooth chain ring and an 11 tooth rear cog will give you 28 mph@ 90RPM. How many times on a loaded touring bike do we need/want to maintain those speeds

Lots of times

Back side of Trail Ridge road (48 mph), the west side of Rabbit Ears Pass, the east side of Loveland Pass, numerous parts of the Talimena Scenic Byway

Of course, I came down that before I had to do 3 mph going up to the point where I took the picture

On the other side of Lolo Pass

Outside Dayton, WA

Even on parts of the Natchez Trace.

There's thousands of places where I've gone faster than 30 mph on a loaded bike. Considering that most of my riding isn't on a loaded bike, there's thousands more where high gearing comes in handy

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