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08-20-11 | 07:16 AM

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From: St Peters, Missouri

Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

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Originally Posted by teachme

And can one calculate the %gradient of a hill one has just climbed?

I'm an analog kind of guy who feels trapped in a digital world.

Big chain ring = easy.
Middle chain ring = medium.
Granny ring = OMG!

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