Originally Posted by
tyrion
If I have a tailwind or a downhill, I like putting it in the highest gear and getting a little more speed. You don't need to be an elite athlete to enjoy the higher gearing.
I agree, but lets be realistic. how many times can you do that?
and don't get me wrong, I like going fast much more than the average joe, and probably have gone as fast or faster than most of you here on two wheels, but again....touring.....it aint gonna happen that often and all the top speed runs I have done on non motorized two wheels, 80, 90+kph, I was waaaaaay past my gearing anyway, so not pedalling.
On motorcycle, well over 260kph.
compare that to all the times touring when we are busting our lungs and knees and wishing we had lower gears!
Countless times.
Heck, I've even been wishing for lower gears with my sub 17 gear inch low and my heart about to go pop on stupidly steep ramps, having to stop and not have a cardiac event--and that was after riding in a lot of mountains for two months straight!