Where do you live? I rode a 38/24 stick shift for years and so long as I didn’t mind coasting the downhills (I didn’t) steep enough to exceed 35mph I was fine. 38 x 12 high gear is plenty fast unless you’re a racer.
With abandon, Patrick, who now spins like a mad dog on his fixed 38x17 at 30mph for 10-15 mile descents and is perfectly happy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.