Originally Posted by sivat
Then again everybody's muscles are different, so what work for some, won't work for everybody.
That may be it. I find I can ride (with others) comfortably for many miles at 110-120, but can only sustain 130+ for a couple miles at best. Solo I never have the incentive to keep over 110 sustained and usually settle into a comfortable 100, independent of the gearing I am using. That is I'd rather ride 100 at higher gearing than 110 at 10 lower.
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