Originally Posted by Smorgasbord
Yes, a smaller gearing will make it easier to resist the pedal motion and lockup. You're running a nominal 81 gear inches, many people prefer something less than that.
Yeah that's what I've been seeing on here, that 81 is on the high side. Oh well I'm just gonna tough it out. With my road bike I tend to be in a high gear partly cause I know it's hard on me and makes a rider stronger than the guys that gear down to avoid the pain. The pain I had Sunday was in a leg area I never had pain in before, but thats ok cause I know why, but I just couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to lock it up Thursday, it seemed easy last weekend. Oh well, I have all weekend to beat myself up. Thank's guys......