Dublin ratios

yeah. You don't start a car in 5th gear but you also don't drive around in 1st all the time. Also, if people don't know my gearing history maybe they shouldn't tell me that0i don't know what i'm missing.

It's about the journey not the destination. Plus it's an individual thing, I used to ride a 52/17 and I much prefer the 44/18. I've done long distance on it too