Originally Posted by
bikingshearer
Seypat, that sounds like what some of us of a certain age would recognize as a Maynard Herschon "big 'ring" story - a story of giving someone an on-the-road smack-down that usually contains that phrase "and then I shifted into the big 'ring . . . ."
I actually like being in the small ring and spinning along while these Cat. 3 guys are mashing their big rings. There have been a few times I have pedaled along some modern wannabe's and asked what do they use when going downhill? As they are in the a 53 x 13 or higher while moving along the flats, while I am spinning a 42 x 17. (sometimes a 42 x 16, depends on the bike).