and fuzzywuzzy just goes and blows the cover of why 42:53 is around … when they ran freewheels 13 tooth was the lowest they got and even only on posh casssettes….. 14 more common … with 11:23 and compact its pretty similar

i do know some old school TT riders on custom 58 outers ! yet i broke the hour for a 25 on jnr gearing (borrowed bike and didnt think that the owner was a jnr)

Anyone got that picture of Obree's fixie, with a 60 something front?

Hurt my legs just looking at it.

I (and many others) got soundly beaten by a U16 rider at a crit race a few weeks ago – he was riding the correctly restricted gear for his age (Youths and Juniors ride on lower gears in most road races), it was equivalent of about 48:15 or 52:16. All the senior riders were on the usual 53:12 and no-one could get close to this guy!

(yes, his gears were checked correctly, he wasn't cheating)

I rode the peaks on a 38/53->11-25 roadie and a 38->11-34 MTB for 3 years.

My knee is now **** beyond belief and I can't pedal hard whilst seated.

Coincidence?

Coincidence?

highly likely …