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Old 10-21-06 | 09:24 PM
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CigTech
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Bikes: Schwinn Empire XL

Cool, Then 2000 miles it is. I have already put 224.5 miles on the Denali. So I'm am 1/10 the way there. So far everthing is holding up just fine.

The only thing that I would have done in building this bike is the put higher gears and real shifters on it. Oh and some road derailers, not MTB derailers. I don't ever see me needed the low gear set at all. 28T/38T/48T is just way too low. And I don't climb walls with the bike. I would have put some thing like 42T/48T/53T. Alone with a high geared cassette. The 14/16/18/20/22/24/28T is to low. I would have done something like 12/14/16/18/20/22/24. with this set up it takes the top speed (at 100 rpm cadance) to 35.29 mph. Right now the top speed (at 100 rpm cadance) is 27.39 mph. So see it is a little for a real road bike.
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