Thread: Modern steel road bike under $2K for fast commuting?
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Old 07-20-15, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tjspiel
But the OP "likes to go fast and wants to go faster". 42-11 for a high gear is going to be pretty limiting and probably much lower than what he's got on his Masi.
42/11 works out to about 101" by my math. It'll limit some people, but one should be able to go pretty fast with it.
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