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Old 05-28-09 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by devilshaircut
Genuinely I don't see why?

Larger gear = I can mash up hills faster. Again, it's what works for me personally. If I had a smaller gear, climbing would take me longer. The big gear works coz I am relatively good at mashing hard, just not sustaining it for a long time. If you were wondering why I have so many ratios, it's because all my rear wheels I run fixed/fixed.
Lawl.

Except with a smaller gear, you just up the cadence, save your knees produce equal or more power and go faster in the end.

Srsly?
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