--- On Wed, 4/28/10, Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net> wrote:
<<Campagnolo's components were intended for racing. In races, you go uphill much faster (higher power output) than on the flats, because it is where races are decided. When I started racing, my first shock was how fast they went up hills. My second surprise was how slowly they descended.>>
Jan, I learned this the hard way when I got dropped on the first climb in my very first USCF sanctioned race in 1977 while riding my brand new Raleigh Pro Mk. IV. That was in hilly northwest Arkansas which has some very steep climbs. I can get by with at 41x23 low gear nowadays because I live in (flat) south Louisiana!
Steve Whitting
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/