The steady, lengthy ascent was on the verge of being too challenging for seven- and 10-year-old boys who'd realised what gears are for.
On the turn in, the trailblazing Hills Of Aran threatened to slip his field, but Pieux knew exactly what gears he had left, easing through some of them to join the leader at the last hurdle and sprint insouciantly away.
So I think a shooter, which is what Gears is, can awaken some of those borderline — I don't want to say positive attributes of combat, but it does touch on some of the exhilaration of combat.
"Technology nuts" is shorthand for the people who really do care what gears the riders are using in the mountains — a 53/34 crank with an 11-26, yielding a gear ratio of 34x26, 34x29 or 36x29 — and by how many millimeters their saddles have been raised.
"I'll ride the course in the morning after the roads are closed and use my time trial bike, check the corners, see what gears I'll need, the usual last-minute things you can't check when the roads are open to cars".
I wonder if this is what Gears of War would look like if they, you know, stuck to biological science and real physics.
