Originally Posted by
Eric S.
I didn't intend to speculate what gear they were riding in on that climb; just making a guess as to their lowest gears.
I didn't see that race "live" in '84, though I was a teenager working at bike shop enthralled with cycling at the time. Soon after, the shop got a promotional poster of Grewal on that Pinarello all sweaty from somewhere on the route.
Sorry on misinterpreting. I think they had a 23T but now I want to go check my old cycling magazines.
The Pinarello posters were kind of funny. Or were they Battaglin? I forget, but the name was obviously put on the picture after the fact. Now I'll need to dig one up. I think you couldn't open a bike racing magazine for a couple years and not see that ad.