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Thanks. I do get the impression that they are casual cyclists, not doing it for training purposes, but that they have problems with their gears. But who knows?The high torque / low cadence helps build legs muscle, especially for sprints. A lot of cycling articles recommend exactly that to get a form of training in on the commute. I'd never thought about it, but it must look a bit odd not to use the gears that are there!
I'm back commuting after a break of 5 years, and slowly the stamina is coming back. But previously I had stepless ratio gears, where you pedal with the same pressure and cadence for the whole journey. Regardless of up hill or downhill. Your legs really get used to that, and settle into a rhythm quite different from discrete ratio gears.
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