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Location: Bellingham WA
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Originally Posted by John Lyon View Post
Nice looking bike, but maybe put some skinny tires on for a trip that far? At least 10% less effort, no? (Save those knees...)
Yeah, I'll put some 28mm road tires on for the trip. I'm also thinking I need to lower the gearing - it has a compact double with a 34 front/28 rear right now and even without any loads, this is going to be tough on the long passes, at least for me. Unfortunately, I'm running SRAM and my only re-gearing option right now is to buy into their hideously expensive new XX mountain group to get a RD and cluster with a 32 or 36 rear cog. More excuses to buy stuff and spend money.

- Mark
Old 01-01-2010, 08:51 PM
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