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Tom Crispin
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On 22 Jun 2007 14:23:44 +0100 (BST), David Damerell
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Quoting Brendan Halpin <[email protected]>:
>>David Damerell <[email protected]> writes:
>>>Gears are for hills. That's just playing at being a lorry driver again. It
>>>won't get you away any faster - slower, probably, if you've got to upshift
>>>in front.
>>If you use the same gears pulling off from a stop as you do
>>cruising along at 25-35 km/h then you clearly need a fixie.
>
>I don't know about _need_, but certainly anyone who thinks a simple stop
>needs a front shift or 8 clicks of a Rohloff should watch a few fixed
>riders get away from a stop. No clicking through the gearbox there!
Who said anything about *needing* to change down 8 gears? People
don't buy a Rohloff because of need, they buy one because of comfort
and convenience.
I don't change down eight gears at lights because of need, I do it for
comfort and convenience - and because I can.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Quoting Brendan Halpin <[email protected]>:
>>David Damerell <[email protected]> writes:
>>>Gears are for hills. That's just playing at being a lorry driver again. It
>>>won't get you away any faster - slower, probably, if you've got to upshift
>>>in front.
>>If you use the same gears pulling off from a stop as you do
>>cruising along at 25-35 km/h then you clearly need a fixie.
>
>I don't know about _need_, but certainly anyone who thinks a simple stop
>needs a front shift or 8 clicks of a Rohloff should watch a few fixed
>riders get away from a stop. No clicking through the gearbox there!
Who said anything about *needing* to change down 8 gears? People
don't buy a Rohloff because of need, they buy one because of comfort
and convenience.
I don't change down eight gears at lights because of need, I do it for
comfort and convenience - and because I can.