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Re: Gearing for a Very High Speed

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Originally Posted by John View Post
~4 fps seems really slow, even to me though. What shifter did you guys use that has a 4.25:1 spread?
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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
You guys spent most of the time driving 4 fps?
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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe View Post
This is the same reaction I had. This can't be the whole story. .
Being in high gear is different from trying to drive at top speed. While we may have been in high gear, I wasn't trying to go very fast a lot of the time, only for the full field dashes. We used low gear when there were defenders near us, we needed to push (partners and opponents), and when we were lining up shots. We had a custom 2 speed gearbox.
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