Gear ratios in the Tour de France
08-20-17, 10:52 AM
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Marco Pantani: RIP. I doubt anyone in the last 20 years could hang onto his wheel on long steep climbs.
His 1998 Bianchi featured a 9-speed Campagnolo drivetrain. 54-44 rings and a 11-23 cassette.
If you weigh 125 pounds and crank out big watts, then you don’t need low gears; you just go fast.
His 1998 Bianchi featured a 9-speed Campagnolo drivetrain. 54-44 rings and a 11-23 cassette.
If you weigh 125 pounds and crank out big watts, then you don’t need low gears; you just go fast.
08-20-17, 11:40 AM
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You presumably don't have a 16, though? I spend 90%+ of my riding time between the 14 and the 19, on both my bikes (one a compact with a 12-27 10 speed, the other a 53-39 with a 13-26 8 speed). I want more options in that part of the cassette, and failing that, more choice at the low end. I have no use for an 11.
09-22-17, 04:42 PM
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On the mountainous stages, for many of the riders, it's all about just making the time cut. They can run a compact, save their legs, and now worrying about loosing an hour.
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My '73 Motobecane Grand Jubilee came with a Stronglight 52/42 and a five cog 13/24. Cute little Jubilee derailleur too. So when I went XC tour Seattle to New York '76 on went a 15/34 and a LA Suntour rear D (can't recall model). Sure made hills easier. Except in Winnipeg I put the 13/24 back on, sent the other home thinking there weren't many serious hills east...was that ever a mistake 
of course I was young & dumb & full of bs.
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For the Peyragudes stage the announcers were talking about Froome busting out a 32t cog. Did not help him that day though.
In the LA days, didn't Tyler Hamilton run a compact crankset? Or was that just the one year he rode with a broken collarbone (and however much dope he needed to keep going)
In the LA days, didn't Tyler Hamilton run a compact crankset? Or was that just the one year he rode with a broken collarbone (and however much dope he needed to keep going)
On the mountainous stages, for many of the riders, it's all about just making the time cut. They can run a compact, save their legs, and now worrying about loosing an hour.
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Kind of a funny clip of Armstrong commenting on Froome's gearing.
***EDIT: After re-reading the OP's post, I think I just posted Armstrong's comments he was referring to....
***EDIT: After re-reading the OP's post, I think I just posted Armstrong's comments he was referring to....
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