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don't count the teeth on the chainring, it's got 48 teeth! I've ordered a 49T its not arrived yet
Check your rollout before leaving home, I think 49/18 with Conti Sprinter tubular is going to be 72.5". You could only really get away with the extra tooth in the old days by using an 18 or 19mm tubular. With a 22mm tub, I think 54/20 is right on the limit at 71.95" in theory.
Have you tried the 160mm cranks yet?
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Just don't count the teeth on the chainring, it's got 48 teeth! I've ordered a 49T its not arrived yet.
In response to clubmans thread, I started riding in 1985 I joined the Clarence Wheelers , Alf Whiteway ran the club, his attitude was "low gears" learn to pedal he used to say 66" (42x17) if he saw you out riding and he saw you on the 15, did he bollock you down the club on a Thursday night!! Alf was a real exponent of riding low gears, he was the driving force behind Tony Doyle (world pursuit champion 1980/86) and Ray Hughes a "master twiddler"
My love of riding fixed stems back years but recently I built my Paké fixed wheel TT bike, (frame/forks purchased from Pro Cyclery in Las Vegas in 2011) some of my best rides have been on fixed, hence the Dolan TC1, I hope the bikes faster, its considerably lighter, I'm hoping I can do a few decent rides on it in the future. My forms not as good as in previous seasons but I'm plugging away this year. I'm looking forward to Thursday I just hope my legs are good (I'm riding the a3crg 15 on P884/15b on Wednesday, I'm hoping to lower my HDW 15 record on the Wednesday) so, if my legs are ok and the weather is favourable I hope to beat my existing record. Here's to Thursday and H10/8.