11 Mar 2004 14:31:59 -0800,
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(wle) wrote:


i mean, is there any place in the world where they reverse the normal
usage?

Maybe he just wants to see how tall of a gear he can push up the hill?

ha ha.

well if one writes fiction, the characters can be as manly as
the author likes..

still i doubt that is what he meant, i just think he
mistook high for low.

anyway, i emailed the author, i will report his answer if he answers.

wle.
My guess it that he wasn't shifting into ever higher gears during a
single climb but that eventually through addtional conditioning he was
able to now pedal a taller gear on hills that had previously had him
grabbing for the granny.
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zk