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Old 03-19-13 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Jandro
1mph variance can be very large (at higher speeds) or very small (at slower speeds) when it comes to effort. "About 1mph slower" is dependent on where in the spectrum his average is.
Agreed.

It can be tough or easy to increase speed by one mile per hour, depending on circumstances. Frank thought it would be easy enough by changing his chainrain size to gain two miles per hour. As you've pointed out, it's not necessarily easy to do that.
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