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Howard
Yes they might be, they insisted that Shimano told them 140 would be enough and I assume that for "normal" people it could be... but not if the rider+bike+extras are about 100kg or more :(, and the road descents are as steep as they can get (like @hippy with full equipment for the TransAm)