Originally Posted by skitbraviking
I get out of the saddle to start out at times. I am running a 43 x 14. It needs a little more weight to kick up a start. I think it does abuse my knees a bit and for that I may go to a 16 or 17 in the back. But I have not decided yet. Anybody have any recommendations?
Most of the guys over at Old Skool Track run low 70's if they ride brakeless. I tried it 2 months or so ago and have become a convert. I used to ride in the mid 70's to mid 80's and would go fast on the flats but those hills were a mutha. Now the hills are a cinch and the flats are almost as fast and I have more braking control riding brakeless. I even changed one bike over to 68 to see if I liked it and it is a gas for just noodling around town. That is what works for me now.
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