Peter & Laural
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I agree that a chainring limit isn't really a gear restriction. A pretty honkin' big gear can be made with a 42 ring. It might make more sense to have a gear-development limit, the distance the bike travels in one revolution of the cranks. It would be easy to check with just two painted lines on the pavement. This might even encourage some folks to revisit some of the techniques they used as juniors to get just inside the limit. Tire selection could be quite critical. Not that I'm volunteering to run a tech chute, I'll be too busy racing.
Some of those Alpenrose pursuit monsters might be a little more comfortable racing counter-clockwise rather than the usual direction on that course. Then again, that could even the playing field, everyone knows trackies can't turn right.
Cheers,
Peter Drake
Fred Meyer Cycling Team
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree that a chainring limit isn't really a gear
restriction. A pretty honkin' big gear can be made with a 42 ring.
It might make more sense to have a gear-development limit, the distance the bike
travels in one revolution of the cranks. It would be easy to check with
just two painted lines on the pavement. This might even encourage some
folks to revisit some of the techniques they used as juniors to get just inside
the limit. Tire selection could be quite critical. Not that I'm
volunteering to run a tech chute, I'll be too busy racing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some of those Alpenrose pursuit monsters might be a
little more comfortable racing counter-clockwise rather than the usual direction
on that course. Then again, that could even the playing field, everyone
knows trackies can't turn right.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Drake</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fred Meyer Cycling Team</FONT></DIV>
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