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Need to go faster / New to road bikes
"Ken Bessler" wrote in
: Herin lies the problem - I'm running out of gear - I mean on a slight downhill or with a tailwind I top out at about 23-25 mph and I feel like I need more gearing. I'm in 10th gear and peddaling like mad and my legs feel like I'm in 5th gear or so. Learn to pedal faster and more smoothly. A 52-13 gear is pleanty fast enough to get you up to 40mph if you pedal at a good cadence. Serious recreational riders should be able to get up to 200 rpm for short sprints. Even pro racers use only slightly faster gears than what you have (maybe 1 more tooth in front and 1 less in back). |
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