on 5/8/11 10:05 PM, Jeremy Till at [email protected] wrote:

> Been using this setup or something similar for a few years now and
> really like it.  Last weekend I rode it up Mt. Diablo in the 42-19
> gear, flipped to the freewheel to bomb the descent, and then back to
> the 42-17 fixed at the bottom for the ride back to the BART.  A good
> samaritan saw me on the side of the road and asked if i was all right,
> and I replied "I'm fine, just shifting gears!"

Ha!

Back on my first 200K with the Quickbeam, I was stretching a bit, flipping
back from coastable to proper when a couple other randonneurs eased past.

On the edge of the breeze, I heard the words "...Rivendell shift." and it
has forever been in my brain.

- J

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