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Old 04-28-14 | 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuckk
My racer buddy taught me to tuck the front in either right in front or behind the fork.
The rear should be between the stays.
The reason is to make it as difficult as possible for your competition to flip one open when you're climbing.
Same thing with a no to bar-cons - too hard to defend against the competition flipping you into high gear on a climb.

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