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@ghettro
So mid/late last year I did a taster session at HHV and decided to just chuck on some drop bars. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with this bike
Although quickly became kind of hooked to riding at Herne Hill and ended up going to the skills session week after week to learn the ropes. Eventually I found that the 47x16t was fine for street but I was completely spinning out before my max speed so an upgrade was in order. Ditto with the bars, the ones I had were just some leftover compact drops, a bit too wide at 40cm.
I ended up sticking a 14t on the back to get roughly 90 gear inches so I was maxing out in the sprints 56km/h @ 130rpm or thereabouts. The drops I stuck on are BLB alloy 36cm drops which are really deep, gives a super aggressive position. Although I'm not a big guy with not a lot of power, my advantage is I'm pretty flexible so don't have any big issues with such large drop.