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Old 04-20-24, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by LarrySellerz
what was your ratio/gear inch for the brevet thing?
Flip flop hub has 17 & 19, I don't recall the chainring teeth. The 19t is for climbing; the 17t is a comfortable 16-19 mph gear. At 24mph on downhills I start braking. On the 300k, I flipped the wheel for three climbs, and walked three times.
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