Do you grind your way up climbs in hard gears? Or are you more of a highcadence rider? Alex and Ollie are in Mallorca testing out which gearing setup is faster. Will harder and lower gearing ratios make for a quicker ascent? Or is it as simple as spin to win?

00:00 Intro
01:50 The gears
02:56 Test 1
05:34 Test 2
09:40 The results

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