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From: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Needed: info on good parts for commuting bike...
Message-ID: <2262@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 14:40:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 14:40:28 1986
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References: <2836@sjuvax.UUCP> <475@tekigm2.UUCP>
Reply-To: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
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Summary: 

[I ain't 'fraid o' no line-eater...]
In article <475@tekigm2.UUCP> kenf@tekigm2.UUCP (Ken Ferschweiler) writes:
>In article <2836@sjuvax.UUCP> ar563303@sjuvax.UUCP (rowley) writes:

>> Enough of this background nonsense; what I am asking is recommendations
>>as to equipment to redo this bike from the frame up. The distance in
>>question is approximately 20-25 miles per day; the terrain is variable,
>>urban/suburban with up to 50 degree grades for distances of up to 1 mile.

>I would recommend ropes, pitons and rock climbing shoes for the 50 degree
>grades.

Perhaps he means 50%, i.e. 26.6 degrees. (Perhaps not. I have skiied
some hills which are about 45 degrees when you look across the hill but
suddenly become about 75 when you look downhill. This is an
example of slope relativity :-)  ).

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Greg Smith     University of Toronto       ..!decvax!utzoo!utcsri!greg