After listening to one of Tom Waits' early albums and drinking some craft-brewed bitter, myself, this is all starting to slowly make sense....
On Dec 2, 6:32 pm, Steve Palincsar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 16:18 -0800, Brewster Fong wrote: > > > On Dec 2, 3:57 pm, "Doug Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm with you - 11 & 12 tooth cogs are silly unless you're racing. > > > I disagree. I run a "compact" (i.e., 110bcd) double crank with 48/34 > > rings and in 48x12, its not enough on many downhill roads and could > > use an 11t on occasions. So the point is, if you're riding long > > downhills and use a small big ring like a 48t or 46t, then an 11 or > > 12t can be useful. > > Maybe so, although a 48x13 == 100 inches, which is plenty high enough > for singles, in my opinion. But then, I don't ride long downhills - the > hills tend to be short where I ride, and I pick up enough speed from > sheer mass and the power of my Special Relationship with Gravity that I > really don't feel a need to pedal beyond 35 mph. In fact, I find Jan's > argument in BQ that pedalling downhill makes little sense compared to > getting in an aero tuck and coasting. > > I'd bet a six-pack of a craft-brewed lager you can get into an aero tuck > as slippery as an eel -- unlike me, for example. The closest I can get > to an aero tuck looks a good bit more like the broadside of a barn than > it does those photos of Jan in BQ. Do you combine pedalling with an > aero tuck? Do you actually pedal for power, or is it more something to > do to keep your legs limber? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
