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High or low gear?

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I’m new to the whole CVT belt drive thing. We went trail riding this weekend in the mountains of Virginia. Our top speed was around 12 mph. The trails were steep in places and rocky where flat and I hit the occasional mud hole but nothing to crazy. I left it in low most of the day because the power felt right while climbing loose rock and descending hills and loose stuff but felt like it was revving to high on straights. High gear felt like it was working pretty hard on hills and rocks and didn’t hold as good going down hills but sounded better on straights. What is the proper gear for this style of trail riding?
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