Old 03-07-14 | 11:15 PM
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Drew Eckhardt
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From: Mountain View, CA USA and Golden, CO USA

Bikes: 97 Litespeed, 50-39-30x13-26 10 cogs, Campagnolo Ultrashift, retroreflective rims on SON28/PowerTap hubs

Originally Posted by Kimmo
Corncob + triple = win.

Pretty much covers all the bases.
Exactly. Perfect tight gears for flat terrain, a low for mountains and middle aged spread, and no ADHD shifting between rings with too little overlap. I've been doing that since 1997 after realizing 50-40-30 x 13-21 8 cogs yielded a 13-19 straight block for the plains east of Boulder, CO and low like 42x28 for the mountains west apart from the failed 50-34x13-23 9 cog compact experiment.

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