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Old 10-01-12, 04:08 PM
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cny-bikeman
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It is indeed hard to know as a 3rd party what will be low enough, but you could try this if possible. If you can locate a 12% grade and a 10% grade. If you lower your lowest gear as you've proposed the 12% now should feel like the 10% when you have changed, going purely by percentage gear ratio change (3.3/3.9*12).
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