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Gear Talk / Tandem crankarm length

« on: February 29, 2004, 05:27:55 pm »

You would probably be fine with the 175/170 set up depending on how tall your daughter is.  I think the difference between 175's and 172.5's wouldn't be noticeable.  I've heard that one reason tandems run shorter rear cranks (other than for shorter stokers) is it balances out a captain who may have a faster spin than the stoker.  I changed from 175/170 to 165/165 (we're both short).  I noticed a pretty big difference going from 175-165.  Unfortunately, my wife feels like I'm spinning her too fast now that we have the same size cranks.

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Routes / TransAm Sections 135,136,143

« on: February 26, 2004, 10:47:24 pm »

I've noticed these sections are pretty mountainous.  Can anyone tell me if they consist of repeated up and down climbing or a long climb that more less plateaus at the upper elevations.