Re: [CR]fixed gear gearing?

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:27:07 -0700
From: "M4Campy" <M4Campy@aol.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]fixed gear gearing?
References: <b0.3620d10c.2ba7d708@aol.com>


Wdgadd@aol.com wrote:
> I use a 22X8 (73") which works just fine for me. Often spin it at over
>100 rpm on flats and can even ride with groups.
> I usually run 46x16 in the summer so I can keep up with the Colorado crew here on our little get togethers:) Switch to a 44x16 in the winter...

Didn't Beryl Burtin train in like some insanely large gear?

Mike Wilkinson Parker, CO

"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isnt it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear!" Henri Desgrange