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Old 02-17-09, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NEXUS
That would put you at over 100mph!
If he said it was on a 700c tire...

I happen to know that Fiver's got a 20" fg folder somewhere in his stable, and I'm willing to put money down that it was this bike he topped 160rpms on.

120rpm on a 20 incher running 81gi is only 29mph. 160rpm would be somewhere around 38mph.



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