John Benenate

BOOM! There it is.
The definitivie truth from a World Champion who came
up on Junior gears.

Is anybody going to debate with her?

jb

there is more speed in leg speed than power

--- Larssyn Staley wrote:

> I Raced on junior gears (maximum 52x14) as a junior
> women in all of my
> races. With junior gears I could get in breaks at
> PIR in the 1,2 men's
> races, place in pro women road races, crits and TT's
> in the US. Using
> junior gears are not at all a disadvantage. Juniors
> need to utilize their
> time as a junior to learn to pedal and race more
> efficiently. Now racing
> with the Pro women in Europe my coach is putting my
> back on a 50 x 12, and I
> am not nervous in the least bit that I'll run out of
> gear this spring at the
> early classics in Belgium in the flat sections. If
> any juniors need some
> workouts to improve their spin i'd be happy to give
> some tips. My best
> advice to juniors would be learn how to ride your
> bike, the ability to very
> one's cadence opens up tons of opportunities in
> races, and when you can go
> 50-75kph hours on end like the pros that are riding
> 53 x 12 's then go ahead
> and add it, but i don't think there are too many
> Oregonians who are doing
> those kinds of races. Email me if you disagree.
>
> Larssyn
>
>
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