Re: [CR]Typical road race gear

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Subject: Re: [CR]Typical road race gear
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:32:56 -0400
Thread-Topic: Re: [CR]Typical road race gear
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From: "Silver, Mordecai" <MSilver@iso.com>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Tony Welch asked:

"I've been wondering what a typical gear choice would be in a flat road race back in the days when they road fixed gear.

"Anyone remember?"

This doesn't answer your question about what they used back in the early days, but interesting nevertheless (it's about 1965 Paris-Tours).

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/c962ee096af47051 hl=en&

Mordecai Silver
NYC