Originally Posted by Eatadonut
I broke the derailleur cable on my MTB, and only had one front sprocket at the time (bam! singlespeed). Unfortunately, I was on site for a ride with some friends who had never ridden offroad before, and they were desperate for some morale-boosting companionship. So I rode 32x28 for 2 hours. Wasn't toooooo bad since they were so slow, and I could still coast downhill. But pretty bad.
This one doesn't make sense to me.
Either you omitted the part about rigging the broken derailleur cable so it held it in the largest cog.. or you actually did the ride in your highest gear at 32x12.