Calling all Raleigh Twenty owners!

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11-13-05, 07:56 PM

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andy_is_me

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that gearing looks insane! how big is your rear cog? how is it starting off and going up hills?

11-14-05, 04:40 AM

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front is 56t; rear is fourteen. On a 700cc wheeled bike I'd agree it might look insane but you have to counter the small wheels into this equation; this means in fact that it's a pretty reasonable ratio. (well it says 74.7" - is that insane? I don't really know...) It' ok up the pretty steep hill on my way home each night and downhill I have to stop braking at about 25mph so that I don't spin out...