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English translation: pushing big gears

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French term or phrase:	tirer de gros braquets
English translation:	pushing big gears
Entered by:	Alan Gardiner

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07:39 Oct 5, 2011

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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / cycling

French term or phrase: tirer de gros braquets

A cyclist talking about his style: "J’ai l’habitude de mouliner plutôt que de tirer des gros braquets".

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pushing big gears

Explanation:
Cycling term: Refers to spinning in easy gears pushing big gears

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Note added at 16 mins (2011-10-05 07:56:13 GMT)
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sorry- rather than pushig big gears

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pushing big gears

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Shifting Your Bicycle's Gears, But Were Afraid to Ask...	cc in nyc

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pushing big gears

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Thanks a lot everyone.

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Reference: Everything You Wanted to Know About Shifting Your Bicycle's Gears, But Were Afraid to Ask...

Reference information:
Among other tidbits:

"Lower" gears make the pedals easy to turn, so it becomes easier to spin to a fast cadence.
http://sheldonbrown.com/gears.html

And there are links to a glossary as well:
Low (Gear)
A low gear is one in which the pedals move rapidly compared to the speed of the wheels.
Low gears make the pedals easy to push, but you need to turn them faster to get the bike to move at a good speed.
Low gears are achieved by using small chainwheels and large rear sprockets.
Low gears are used for climbing hills, or for starting up from a stop.
http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_l.html#low

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Oct 7, 2011 - Changes made by Alan Gardiner:
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