Thread: New to cycling
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Old 02-08-2012, 10:26 PM   #660
HLC
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Join Date: May 2005
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Default Re: New to cycling

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Originally Posted by blueoval
Oh so the 23 represents the rear ring as his bike is a fixie? Oh I though he had a double crank with multiple gears on the rear cassette. That explains it a bit better. Thanks ratter.

On the back I think I have 11-27 so yeah the lower the number the harder you have to push. Great training regardless.
Nah that's on my road bike Shav! Wouldn't dream of tackling hills on my fixed gear (49/16).. Have done a couple of those hills on the track bike in the past, never again.

My road bike though, 53/39 Chainrings, 12-23 Cassette on the rear! Ha ha

39/23 is pathetic for climbing. Thankfully I am track cycling Adonis and my oversized sized thighs can get me over the steepest that Perth has to offer lol (only just though ha ha!)
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