ok fine
Holy shit, Miche is still in the drive-train business?
McGill cycling’s mission is to promote proper learning of cycling technique in the collegiate community.
The rule of restricted gearing was made to teach beginners (juniors) to spin their legs and adopt proper cadence.
This being said, the British Track pursuit team ride at over 60kmh an hour in their pursuit and they use 50X14.
Therefore, to avoid ligament injuries to new riders, we support the measure since most of the course in Quebec are relatively flat and do not include descents that require huge gearing. Juniors regularly place in the top 5 at Lachine where the sprint comes in at over 65 km/h. With this evidence, we understand that are members may be upset they have to spend a little more money to change their current bicycle, but it is in their best interest. Please note that gear restrictions started in France, a hot bed of cycling and was brought to Quebec after that.
Sorry for reviving a thread that’s been dead for over 1400 days, but just an update/clarification so nobody gets worried about this while trawling the depths of the forums like I did: Sr 3 no longer has any gearing restriction as of Dec 2016 and probably much earlier…
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