Re: Thoughts on industrial design

On 4/29/2025 1:35 PM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:

Am Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:09:18 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:
 

Huh. I have never had a problem figuring where my desired gear was.

 I didn't either, most of the time. But didn't you have to shift very
fast, perhaps more than one step at a time, sometimes?

Yes, sometimes, for some low value of "very fast." Probably the most common example would occur when riding tandem with my wife. Still, it's not been a problem.

It
may be because I seem to be very tolerant of gear ratios, cadences, etc.

 Perhaps.  One possible explanation would be that you are riding well
below your capacity.

It's true that I don't race, so I always have capacity in reserve. I've gotten slower as I've aged, and I think I may be the oldest among those I normally ride with; but I'm among the faster members of the usual group. Maybe the key is choosing the proper group to ride with!
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- Frank Krygowski