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06-02-24, 11:25 PM

#21326

mstateglfr

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06-03-24, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Goosecheck

It’s called choices, I love both and am fortunate to enjoy them both. You stick with your priorities and I’ll stick with mine. Enjoy the ride.

My life is plagued by bad choices too.

Glad you have a sense of humor.

06-03-24, 09:00 AM

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Jrasero

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Switched the gearing of my climbing bike from 48/35 10-33 to 46/33 10-36

Force D2 Chainrings 46/33
Red E1 Chain
Red E1 10-36 Cassette
Silca 3D printed Titanium derailleur hanger

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06-03-24, 12:47 PM

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crazyravr

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@Jrasero
Excellent. IMHO one can never have too easy of a gear.

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06-03-24, 01:50 PM

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Jrasero

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Originally Posted by crazyravr

@Jrasero
Excellent. IMHO one can never have too easy of a gear.

When I built-up the bike I stupidly used the same gearing as on my aero bike and while I think the 48/35 10-33 is a great all around gearing for going fast and doing some climbing, my Aethos is being used as a pure climbing bike so why not use climbing gearing? I guess my fear was that having "granny" gearing would take the race aspect of the bike away, but frankly on my short spin on the bike yesterday with the new gearing it still could keep up on a spirited group ride and I would need to be hitting 40+ mph going downhill to spinout. I figure when I am on a sustained 12%-20% climb this gearing is what will keep me fresh for the rest of the ride

06-03-24, 04:41 PM

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As part of a full garage cleanup, repaint and remodel…bought some cool wall brackets to get all the bikes off the floor and onto the walls… plus ditched all the maddening ceiling-mount bike-hook pulleys.