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Old September 20th 06, 12:56 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Rob Morley
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Default road bike / race bike / hybrid / touring / fitness bike - which one

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Simon Brooke wrote:
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Oh, come on... I can do a thousand feet of climbing just nipping into the
shops (not the most direct way, I admit, but one I often take). I rarely
if ever use my 39/26 lowest gear doing that. The lowest gear on my winter
bike is 42/26, and until a fortnight ago was 42/23. I can /once/ remember
having to get off and walk up a hill with that, and that was a fairly
steep hill and against a strong wind.

I'm no athlete. I'm overweight, 50+, with blood full of warfarin because of
deep vein thrombosis, and a hernia.


So you push big gears and you've got a hernia ... :-)
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