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@ dan - I did advanced sessions on 84" (47/15), and after three consecutive weeks felt fine, including being able to do pursuits with JC et al, plus 'win' a few scratch races by jumping away for a lap or two. It's much more important to get your cardiovascular system up to speed first, then add a couple of gear inches when you race proper and can turn it over in a faster moving bunch without grinding away your snap; at least for general track riding. Not that I'm particularly interested in that sort of thing :/
I remember having a noticably good session when I kept the 74" ratio on for the warm-up rather than turning the wheel round as soon as I'd ridden down to HH. It meant rolling in with the bunch at the end of the warm-up rather than peacocking it at the front, but it then made it feel much easier than usual to turn over the 84" gear at >120rpm for protracted periods e.g. the pursuity stuff.
It's similar with riding medium gear on the road. Once you've spun 69" down the first hill, all the ~115rpm stuff on the flat feels fairly comfortable - as you'll have noticed last Tuesday :D