18-10-2019, 06:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-10-2019, 07:08 PM by Reckless Rat.)
A little poetic licence on my part there. I was cruising at 45mph on the flat bits. 
Climbing in the RP was in 3rd gear, usually at 25-30mph. Never once had to go down to second on any of the climbs. Box is 4speed crash. The ratios are slightly different to the later synchro ones. 3rd is 1:1.73 in the RP and the Ruby box is 1:1.66 so you might have to resort to 2nd on the steeper bits. The problem with the 4 sp crash is that if you have to go for 2nd you're stuffed until it flattens out a bit and you can get enough momentum up to get back into 3rd before you lose the speed again.
Climbing in the RP was in 3rd gear, usually at 25-30mph. Never once had to go down to second on any of the climbs. Box is 4speed crash. The ratios are slightly different to the later synchro ones. 3rd is 1:1.73 in the RP and the Ruby box is 1:1.66 so you might have to resort to 2nd on the steeper bits. The problem with the 4 sp crash is that if you have to go for 2nd you're stuffed until it flattens out a bit and you can get enough momentum up to get back into 3rd before you lose the speed again.