Originally Posted by
Lascauxcaveman
I noticed it didn't slow you down any

And I don't remember you rising out of the saddle, much, to mash. So you couldn't have been hurting too badly.
It was pretty warm, though.
Hahaha, I juuuuuust barely hung onto that low-gear combination. The only times I got out of the saddle to pedal a stroke or two was to make sure everything below the waist wasn't falling asleep!