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Old May 19th, 2014, 08:48 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by algs26 View Post
That looks like a fun road.

Is it just me or should you have downshifted for the tight switchbacks (ex 3:24)? Which gear were you in? It sounded like you were really in the low RPM range.
Good question, and thanks for asking it. I'm new and I love when people point out possible teachable moments from my videos.

I think I was in 2nd. Later down the hill I actually started thinking about what gear I was in and it was typically 2nd, upshifting to 3rd for the quicker parts then usually going back to 2nd fairly quickly. I wasn't sure about downshifting to 1st as I was braking for the corner entry, and I wasn't in any hurry, so I figured 2nd would be fine, but I'm a newbie so I don't know. Any opinions from the peanut gallery?
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