Currently borrowed permanently by thieves. If you spot it let me know and I will exact revenge.
06 Felt TK2 56cm (toe overlap)
Sugino Mighty crank 165mm, geared 51/15 for Melbourne.
Time ATAC mountain bike platform pedals
Velocity hubs, Velocity DeepV 32H, Schwalbe cingulars
Cut and flipped Bontrager bars
Sora brake with odyssey lever
Anybody tried a Truvativ track crank yet?
91"? :-o
You’ll blow your knees out son.
You’re just jealous 
Certainly some grunting and porn faces being made pulling away from the lights. Helps to keep up with the roadies though.
F-that. I was struggling with 49x14.
So do road bikes.
How are you finding the hills?
PS: 49x14 is higher than 51x15.
As long as you are on top of the gear it’s fine up steady grades but nothing much above 7% for too long. Once spinning properly it’s easier than my roadie on the flats or hills.
Kind of like artificial willpower to keep the speed up.
you’re a knob
You will realise 51-15 is ridiculous if you ride it properly for a couple of months.
stupid gear ratios ITT
Running above 90" (even above 80") on the street seems to get the same response as running an arrospok.
What’s up with the spate of bikes still rim stickered? Sheesh!
…and your point is? 
Running 90-odd gear inches is stupidity for the street. Sure you can ride it like that, but your cycling technique will suffer for it. Oh and everyone who sees you grunting from the lights will think you’re an idiot!
Seriously, that gear ratio is run as a HIGH gear for many on the velodrome going 40-55km/h.
Also, big gears don’t mean you go any faster!
7% at 91"?! What are you, the Incredible Hulk? What if there’s no-one at the bottom of the hill to make you mad?
I only ran that gear on the track for a few weeks each year, when I was at State Championship fitness.
That is huge. I don’t even run a gear that big on the track. Are you sticking it to 60km/h++ pace lines down beach road? 48*16 is enough for sitting on ~40km/h on beach road pulling turns. The Melbourne that I ride in and around has quite a few hills. YMMV
those ratios are fuckin retarded
funny shit
Or your guts out of your …??
as does my Melbourne. :-o
Yeah, I only ran 49x14 (~94") for three rides. The bike I was riding had only ever been ridden on the track and I hadn’t sourced another chainring. Adelaide is relatively flat compared to Melbourne and I found it pretty horrible trying to take off at lights and ride in traffic. And easily stop, especially going down hills.
I’ve since bought a 42t chainring so next week I’ll be on a more comfortable 42x14.
Jeremey McClay rides 56x12 up arthurs seat … gotta have the legs though…
