haha sorry about that spelling, ive been under the weather the past few days. I just had my birthday on the first of this month meaning i am 18 now, and is not during the racing season.

Teaches me not to play the odds

Haha, well, have fun with your junior gears for another year

haha oh thanks! ill also be appreciating this 20-30 degree weather for another month.

I imagine you will be having quite a new year's party in 3 years

look on the plus side, you should be the oldest one in any race you enter which when you're dealing with the difference between a 16 and an 18 year old, is huge physiologically.

yeahh, 3 years .

i suppose that's true, but there are like no juniors on long island. so ive been racing 35 year old men. but i have been winning so i guess you gotta take the good with the bad.

Stupid junior gearing. I don't want to change stuff on my bike between races/all other rides. What's the point of it anyway?

Don't

But I like running big gears

You may as well get used to riding with the smalle gears. If you want to do well in races you should train with what you have to race with.

The only time I disagree w/ this is if you spend a lot of time riding w/ adults and there are times when that 50/12 saves my life. If I always rode alone, I would run junior gearing always, but doing group rides, I like having that bail out gear.

last year i used big gears, but just blocked the smallest 2 cogs, but then just unblock them when i want to go riding in the hills.

^ I'll probably do that. That will be fine in the 53 but when in the 39 it might be iffy.

its not really as bad as you would think, if im maxing out on the small ring, i shift into the big ring than 2 cogs over into a larger one. On my bike its a easy transition so it feels like its just continuing throughout the cluster.