does ten speeds obsolete 9?

g.daniels said:

and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

Sometimes you make me so curious as to what you are saying 😉

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and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

9 speed is better because that one cog less makes the bike weigh less.
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Alex

g.daniels said:

and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

I've got 10, 9 and an old 6 :-] for most riding it's the gears, not the
numbers. 12-25 for hilly stuff, 11-21 for flats. I'm not old nor fat
enough to need 27, yet. Higher number of gears allows fine ratio
selection, thus minimizing the shock. Not terribly important in my book
unless riding conditions are going to be highly variable (i.e. hilly or
going in and out of head/cross winds.)

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and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

is g.daniels really channelling James Joyce when he writes?

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and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

is g.daniels really channelling James Joyce when he writes?

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g.daniels said:

and in what conditions?
how much time is lost? on a given course?
does everyone change at once
or are there two more classes?

I've got 10, 9 and an old 6 :-] for most riding it's the gears, not the
numbers. 12-25 for hilly stuff, 11-21 for flats. I'm not old nor fat
enough to need 27, yet. Higher number of gears allows fine ratio
selection, thus minimizing the shock. Not terribly important in my book
unless riding conditions are going to be highly variable (i.e. hilly or
going in and out of head/cross winds.)

I am old & fat. well sort of. Anyway It's nice to have the 27 here in
North Ga. I rarely if ever use it but it's handy if you blow-up. My
set-up is 8 speeds plus the 27. I must say 9 is not obsolete.

thus the podium and top ten criterium riders are
a mix of 9's and 10's?

g.daniels said:

thus the podium and top ten criterium riders are
a mix of 9's and 10's?

Dang. I almost understood you there. But I can't figure out what the
difference between the podium and top ten riders are? You don't mean those
scandal beauties they stick on every podium do you? No they only have sex
gears.
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Richard Adams said:

I'm not old nor fat
enough to need 27, yet.

Go up Alba Road.

gecwhite said:

Richard Adams said:

I'm not old nor fat
enough to need 27, yet.

Go up Alba Road.

That's mean, Greg. Going up Alba Road doesn't make you fatter.

It might make you a little lighter if your puke threshold is low, though.
It definitely makes you older.

Ben
30x23 for Alba, 30x26 helps in the rain