BIKE THREAD

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Hanneke
Hanneke
Oct 2007
11:36pm, 23 Oct 2007
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Hanneke
lol, I also have a saddle, so I am half a whimp :-)
mad4purple
mad4purple
Oct 2007
11:37pm, 23 Oct 2007
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mad4purple
If I had known now about being a wimp buying a triple, I think I would have still done the wimp thing. ;)
Hanneke
Hanneke
Oct 2007
11:44pm, 23 Oct 2007
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Hanneke
LOL, my bike came with a double, not even a compact... so I had no choice but to be a tough cookie :-)
mad4purple
mad4purple
Oct 2007
11:47pm, 23 Oct 2007
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mad4purple
Well I didn't know really what the difference was, so I just went with the one I liked in my budget :)
Jason1969
Jason1969
Oct 2007
11:58pm, 23 Oct 2007
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Jason1969
Lots of road bikes have triples nowadays. There is a bit of extra weight, but it's ounces, so who cares? It gives you a really wide range of gears without big jumps between ratios. And your kneecaps don't pop off.
SparkyMark
SparkyMark
Oct 2007
12:05am, 24 Oct 2007
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SparkyMark
I have a triple on my bike - hardly any difference at all and means when I get to go on some real mountains I don't have to change anything
Cliffy tc
Cliffy tc
Oct 2007
11:09am, 24 Oct 2007
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Cliffy tc
I'm with Hanneke..wimps. ;-)
mad4purple
mad4purple
Oct 2007
11:11am, 24 Oct 2007
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mad4purple
Ah yeah but you wear lime green so :P
Hanneke
Hanneke
Oct 2007
11:13am, 24 Oct 2007
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Hanneke
LOL... tbh, if I had had a choice (I did not, 2nd hand bike) I would have gone for a compact or a triple, as I live in the Weslh hills... however, I just about manage to pedal up most of them now, and have been getting one hell of a lot stronger since I started cycling here 9 months ago!
Cliffy tc
Cliffy tc
Oct 2007
11:19am, 24 Oct 2007
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Cliffy tc
Jeez, I'm allowed one fashion mistake! :-)

I live in the welsh hills, I went for the double by choice - it removes the option to wimp out and makes me the slowest cyclist where ever I go.

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