Originally Posted by
nfmisso
I respectfully disagree; based on Mike's posts above, he is not a fast rider, saying his target speed is 12 to 15 mph, for which 85 GI is more than adequate.
You may be correct but a 44 x14 @ 90 rpm only yields 21 mph and I know that even loaded down with a sweet tail wind or a modest downhill, I can enjoy a greater free ride. Not to mention the chance meeting of a farmer pulling a hopper or another implement that you can draft off of for miles at a time.