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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I'll hopefully get in before PJM hereThe reason you get told to do that is so that it isn't putting sideways stress on the chain. If you are on the smallest cog on the front, and gear 7 on the back, the whole chain is getting pushed sideways, which isn't good for it. The same using the big gear at the front, and 1st gear at the back.
So I would ignore the advice they gave, kind of. I would use:
Small gear at front: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Middle gear at front: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Big gear at front: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
That's just playing it safe. Could possibly extend them by 1 each way.
edit - nice, PJM. Nice.
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