jon.ragsdale@comcast.net

I am currently planning on my next bike having a compact crankset, and if I do that I'll look for an 11, but if it's a standard 53/39, I don't think I would go for an 11, unless it was going to make me feel like I was using those male enhancement pills....

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From: Steve Brown

> Coming to cycling late in life, only having knowledge of some track
> stuff and always interested to learn something new. I was somewhat
> puzzled last week when I heard someone was selling a 12-25 cassette
> because they needed and 11. Just a few days ago when I was hanging
> with some of the big dog sprinters, they seemed to feel that a 53-12
> should be enough meat to get you where you wanted to go. And as far
> as I knew, Nigel Tufnel was really the only person to need an 11.
> So where does a roadie use an 11? 53-12 at 100 rpm's is 35 mph.
>
> Steve Brown
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