>>1530758actually changing gears and freewheeling was originally seen as unracer degeneracy
>I still feel that variable gears are only for people over fourty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear! Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur?-Henri Desrange, hour record holder, first organiser of the Tour de France.