Slightspeed

Do the math. 10 beats 3 every time, except in golf. I grew up in the 50s, had an "English Racer" Raynal with Sturmey Archer 3 speed. I loved that bike and rode it everywhere. Until my cousin got a new Schwinn Continental. After a fair amount of whining, my folks finally came thru with a new Continental for me. I loved that bike, until I rode it in my first road race, where all the real racers were on their exotic Italian race bikes ... still 10 speeds. Eventually I got a new Legnano race bike, still have it. A few years ago I upgraded it with a 6 speed freewheel. I have a couple of modern bikes with 10 speed rear clusters, and two vintage bikes with 6 speed rear. I'm a pretty avid rider ,nearly 5000 miles a year, and still love the old 6 speeds. I saw a 1935 Raleigh Record Ace on a vintage ride, and now I'm thinking it might be fun to play with a 3 speed again. Single speeds, just never caught on with me, and i just dont get fixies. I tried a track bike on the velodrome once, scared the hell out of me. Gears are good things, the more the better.