Old 01-28-17 | 08:59 PM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Originally Posted by FixedFiend626

The last paragraph you wrote I literally have no idea what youre talking about. Credit card with that crank set? and thing about gear inches? its not a singlespeed.. quite confused.
What this says is the bike seems to be geared as a "credit card tourer" meaning it is lightly loaded and you carry only extra clothes and sleep in motels and eat in restaurants. Hence the need for a "credit card" and you can get away with fairly high gears. The opposite is "loaded touring" where you carry a tent, sleeping gear and cooking gear as well as your personal stuff. Loaded touring bikes typically have much lower low gears.
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