Originally Posted by
BilbroSwaggins
really the only reason I chose the gearing is because i drive up to Rockville all the time to maybe race or just free ride on the velodrome there. I see it as a training element more than just cruising.
That doesn't make much sense either. 97 gear inches is too much for a track novice for almost all races. I ran 48x15 all last season, and the only time I could have used higher gearing was for keirins, or for the end of the season for certain races. Plus no one runs a race gear off track, when training off track, or for warming up/cooling down.