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Old 12-19-2011, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
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no foot on any pedal during that time. Of course it was a long time on HDC but did I have a chance? All else would have failed on that road with that amount of snow.
I have a couple VERY steep and often icy sections of road on my commute home. I find that manually gearing down to first or second gear allows me to maintain a very slow and stable speed without use of HDC or brakes. Very effective.
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