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Old 11-20-13 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DinoShepherd
Ha! Finally figured out who you are. Saw you at WaCounty. :-)

60 inches was actually about right for some of the muddy blind date races.
Yeah, Blind Date was where I first put my SSCX bike on the dirt (in the Master C race) and I was happy with the gearing there -- spun it out once or twice on the pavement after the finish line and barely made it up the hill behind the velodrome. I finished in about the same place the weeks I used my singlespeed bike as I did the weeks I used my geared bike but I felt faster.

Truth be told, there are very few places where I'd be spinning out with 60 inches. I would have been able to do it at Barton, but I didn't use the SS there. Generally, I just look at the course and if there's anything that looks remotely like a hill my SS bike stays in the van. Barton is the only race so far where I thought my gearing would have been too low to be useful.

I haven't figured out who you are, BTW. Say hello next time you see me.
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