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frankenbike
word. people seem to think having big gears wins them some sort of manliness . if you want to do that ride a single speed up mountains. that shit is impressive. when i blow past some dude struggling up a 15-20% paved pitch in 36-28 at 40rpm i don't think "wow he's hard." my power goes down if i'm doing 40-50rpm, so if i want to go as fast as i can i get the appropriate gears for my w/kg. i mean if froome is going to ride 34-32 up the zoncolan then we all probs need a bit more gear-inches for any similar terrain. plus like you say, some of us get tired.