Wonderful! I was thinking the same. If you are in good shape, that will certainly help your top speed. I like 42x16 for commuting. Good acceleration and braking, and good practice spinning. I can hold 20mph all day long with it. It ain't a top speed gear though. 24mph is a lot of rpm to hold for that gear.
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Deademeat
Fair enough. On a completely unrelated note I had a fantastic ride tonight. I just re-geared to 46-16 (from 42), and I ran into one of the riders from a local club that smoked me a couple of weeks ago. We were pushing 24.5 for a few miles, and I think I actually made him sweat for a bit. If he hadn't turned off my route I think I would have died within 5 minutes, but I did knock a minute and a half off my fastest time, so today was a good day. Tomorrow its going to raid in from 4am for 26 hours. Not so great, since I may have to drive to work. Meh.
Dave