Re: [CR]Was: dumb gearing question

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Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:20:42 -0500
From: "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
To: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: dumb gearing question
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Bianca Pratorius wrote:
> ...I NEVER use the 13 cog for anything, even downhills, but with my
> 52/42 chainwheels I consistently use the 52/17 and 52/19 for level
> ground and the 42/19 - 42/21 - and 42/23 or 42/24 for climbing hills.

When did Miami (or Florida for that matter) get hills? I lived there from '57 to '59 and all I remember is flat, hot, bugs and mildew. Beastly place. ;-)

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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee