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A long time ago in a distant galaxy, doh, wrong story, I used to do a bit of
the old "bike pedaling", and could often be spotted hammering the local
hills like a geriatric Robert Millar. Then the grim reaper punctured the
wind scoops, dimmed the headlights, and generally pissed on my collective
fireworks.
Nowadays as Hoy, Pendleton and the rest sweep all before them I ride my
old war horse on a turbo trainer, and think of what might have been, well
maybe, if i had the legs, talent ability, dedication,
and a few other essentials.
my old Classic Peugeot
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Cycles Peugeot website
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Gear chart using Gear Inches
For 700 X 23 / 23-622 tire with 170 mm cranks
With 9-speed 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21 Cassette 124.2 100.3
113.9 92.0
105.1 84.9
97.6 78.8
91.1 73.6
85.4 69.0
80.4 64.9
71.9 58.1
65.1 52.6 Gear chart using KPH @ 60 RPM
For 700 X 23 / 23-622 tire with 170 mm cranks
With 9-speed 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21 Cassette
35.7 28.8
32.7 26.4
30.2 24.4
28.0 22.6
26.2 21.1
24.5 19.8
23.1 18.7
20.7 16.7
18.7 15.1
Gear chart using KPH @ 80 RPM
For 700 X 23 / 23-622 tire with 170 mm cranks
With 9-speed 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21 Cassette
47.6 38.4
43.6 35.2
40.3 32.5
37.4 30.2
34.9 28.2
32.7 26.4
30.8 24.9
27.5 22.3
24.9 20.1
Gear chart using KPH @ 90 RPM
For 700 X 23 / 23-622 tire with 170 mm cranks
With 9-speed 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21 Cassette
53.5 43.2
49.1 39.6
45.3 36.6
42.1 34.0
39.3 31.7
36.8 29.7
34.6 28.0
31.0 25.0
28.0 22.6
Gear chart using KPH @ 100 RPM
For 700 X 23 / 23-622 tire with 170 mm cranks
With 9-speed 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21 Cassette
59.5 48.0
54.5 44.0
50.3 40.6
46.7 37.7
43.6 35.2
40.9 33.0
38.5 31.1
34.4 27.8
31.2 25.2
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Cavendish loses lead in Tour of
Ireland
MANX EXPRESS: Mark Cavendish pictured winning stage three
in Galway
30 August 2008
By RICHARD ALLEN
MARK Cavendish lost his lead in the Tour of Ireland on Saturday as
attacks went clear in the hills on the road to Dingle.
The 23-year-old Team Columbia rider, who won the first three stages of
the race, had suffered a hip injury in a crash on Friday.
On the Dingle stage Cavendish finished eight minutes down on winner
Russell Downing, the Briton who rides for the Pinarello-CandiTV squad.
Downing also took over as race leader which was good news for Manxman
Andrew Roche who is his team mate.
After Friday's stage Roche had felt that Cavendish and his Team Columbia
squad were just too strong but things changed on Saturday as Cavdendish
lost contact with the lead group and dropped enough time on the category
one Conor Pass to lose the overall race lead by the end of the stage.
Cavendish lost more than eight minutes on the day.
Premier Calendar champion Downing sprinted out of the lead group to take
the stage which was remarkable given that he slipped his chain on the
final climb of the day and had to work hard to regain contact with the
group.
Downing now has a two second lead over New Zealander Julian Dean (Garmin-Chipotle)
going into tomorrow's fifth and final stage which finishes in Cork.
The 144km from Killarney include four climbs of St Partick's Hill on the
finishing circuit around Cork and it is this that could prove decisive
in overall victory.
Roche, 36, was delighted with Downing's stage win and yellow jersey but
on the eve of the final stage said that the finale to the race would be
a very hard day.
The 18th rider on GC, Daniel Fleeman of the An Post-Sean Kelly team, is
only 18 seconds behind Downing.
So any one of the top 18 men is in with a realistic chance of taking
overall victory on Sunday.
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