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10-25-21, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HTupolev

Based on what you wrote below, I don't think you understood the yellow.

You wouldn't need to. A 40rpm spread at 90rpm is comparable to a 26.7rpm spread at 60rpm, namely 46.7rpm to 73.3rpm. And similarly...

90rpm->60rpm is comparable to 60rpm->40rpm, not 60rpm->30rpm.

If someone is actually effective cruising the flats at 60rpm, then using my modified ranges, sure, I don't see why it's a crazy position. Highly unusual, but not obvious-on-its-face ridiculous.

More to the point, if my normal cadence is about 60 RPM, why would I need to go down to 40? My variability could be to go above and not below my normal.

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