Originally Posted by Basil Moss

Seeing how much rage seems to be summoned by the thought than anybody not a pro would use 53-39 chainrings, I thought I'd stir up another hornets nest. I got a knackered old racer to turn into fixed. The chainrings are 53-42. Anybody want to spew bile at the mere suggestion that anyone would use such a thing? This bike certainly wasn't marketed at pros, back in the 80's...