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Old 12-27-12, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by hamster
I'm talking about averages. You might go 10-12 up and 25-30 down.
This still sounds gentle. A lot of mountain rides can requite grinding up at 7mph or less and even on bad surfaces, descents can be quite fast.
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