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up Sa Calobra last week
Brutal. How was the weather last week? Other side of the Island was catastrophic.
Chak-
Not so bad, a bit of rain but quite moderate really. Last night I was there was the night of the floods, I got absolutely soaked riding a tandem around near Palma and we had to take cover because the lightning was worryingly near. But nothing worse than that.
But yeah, pretty tragic what happened. Hope you weren't in the floods?
frankenbike
Just to subvert your expectations I rode 50/34 11-28 up Sa Calobra last week. It was fine. (I would have been faster spinning up at 100 RPM though)
There is a place for that sort of thing... It's just not any of the roads in the UK, on any bike that is going to be ridden in bad weather, for anyone weighing more than 75kg, on any bike weighing more than 10 kg or whatever. And fine on race bikes as well I guess. And if you've got twice my FTP. Basically like 5% of all cyclists need that gearing.
Edit: to unsubvert your expectations the reason that I used that cassette is because I was too much of a #cheapskate to buy a new derailleur.