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Old 01-22-07 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by iherald
Because I only have one leg, I needed the easiest gearing possible for the mountains. So I had a triple in the front (I'm not sure the teeth) and a 25 in teh back. I was often in that gearing going up the mountain.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I did some one-footed pedaling drills on my trainer last week. I was doing about 30s left, 30s both (rest), 30s right, 30s both (repeat). Let me just say I have no idea how you do it. hehehe. My legs were super stiff the next day, and that was just from about 10 minutes of doing that drill.

I wish I still had the climbing abilities I had when I was mountain biking a lot in Newfoundland. I don't think I could ride fixed in St. John's.. not without a totally ridiculous gear ratio and/or thunder thighs.

Originally Posted by Offhoff
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