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Originally Posted by SethAZ
It has to involve cadence. If your range in cadence were infinite and you could push infinitely hard you could go as fast as you want with a single gear.

If I spin at 90 rpm and you mash at 75 rpm and my smallest cog is a 12t and yours is an 11t, who's going faster given the same chainrings up front?

y’all were all talking about speed. I’m fine with how fast I ride and my own cadence. I said I enjoyed the higher gears and if I was going to spend money and effort it would be fun to change things up and how to figure that out asked how.

i can mash potatoes all I want ... ha!
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