Originally Posted by Rick Imby

So I totally understand that gear inches is the true wheel size equalizer.

My swift came with a 11-32 8 speed and a 52 big ring and 406 wheels. As I understand it that gives me a top gear of about 90 gear inches. I do not need a higher gear on flat smooth pavement with this bike as I run out of power.

I have an old road bike I have not ridden in years but I am going to pace myself on an 6 mile paved bike trail that is fairly flat. I set up a course with Strava that has no interuptions from stop lights and only 125 feet of elevation change.

I am going to setup a course going the opposite way also to try to eliminate wind issues and to get more readings.

I was hoping someone else could give true numbers in a similar test. Over the next week I plan to run the course at least a couple of times on both my old 700c and my swift. I will post my results.