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Old November 27th 12, 08:25 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tom $herman (-_-)
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Default Pittsburgh hills

On 11/25/2012 6:23 PM, wrote:
Article about a race in Pittsburgh's hills. 37% grade, anyone?

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...-dozen-663572/

or

http://tinyurl.com/booeuyl

For tech, I suppose we could discuss what equipment you'd use for a 37% grade. On cobblestones!

- Frank Krygowski

I would swap out cogs in my mid-drive jack-shaft for a low of around 8
gear-inches on a trike, and spin my way up (since obviously there are no
low-speed balance issues.

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