Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

As a result of going too hard at the bottom (it was competitive, though), and a bad gear change, I was forced into bottom gear (44x25) before the top. In the near 5 years I've had the bike this is the first time I've engaged the 25 sprocket.
Nice to find someone riding with a bottom gear even higher than I have with my 7-speed hub gears (although I suspect that your machine is somewhat lighter than my tourer). Not like these pansies riding around with sprockets bigger than their chainrings.