Stupid questions about gears/cassettes. Sorry!
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I love my 12-25. Every gear I need and none I don't. (Except when I do, and then I cry like a little girl.)
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Which is one reason that talking about gearing and ratios can be confusing - because higher numbers mean a lower "gear ratio" and "lower gear" whereas when people say go to a "higher gear" it is not a higher number - and often, as the poster above did - the brain will slip a gear and say the opposite of what you actually mean.
So, it can be confusing.
And, while I knew and understood the basics of this as pertains to autos. motorcycles - it is interesting to see the comments as to how it relates on a bicycle in terms of usage.
Bottom line = the numbers are the number of teeth on the rings. Fewer teeth - higher gear______more teeth = lower gear
A numerically higher ratio is a lower gear, a numerically lower ratio is a higher gear
So, it can be confusing.
And, while I knew and understood the basics of this as pertains to autos. motorcycles - it is interesting to see the comments as to how it relates on a bicycle in terms of usage.
Bottom line = the numbers are the number of teeth on the rings. Fewer teeth - higher gear______more teeth = lower gear
A numerically higher ratio is a lower gear, a numerically lower ratio is a higher gear
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If you spend $10,000 on something you don't have the slightest clue about, that would make you the latter.
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Tough crowd. At least he's trying to learn.
I once took a forum beating for suggesting that a serious cyclist should, at minimum, know how to do basic maintenance on his bike (apply lube, how to change a flat, how to turn a barrel adjuster...etc). Edit to add: The general theme of that thread was that the better rider you were the less you should be expected to know. Pros weren't even expected to know how to open a skewer. Rediculous if you ask me.
Apparently everybody is different.
I once took a forum beating for suggesting that a serious cyclist should, at minimum, know how to do basic maintenance on his bike (apply lube, how to change a flat, how to turn a barrel adjuster...etc). Edit to add: The general theme of that thread was that the better rider you were the less you should be expected to know. Pros weren't even expected to know how to open a skewer. Rediculous if you ask me.
Apparently everybody is different.
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This response was disqualified and removed due to lack of humor. Carry on.
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surprised that no one has blurted this:
if you don't know what cogs you have on your cassettes, don't go to Europe
if you don't know what cogs you have on your cassettes, don't go to Europe
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also, if you have the letters t-r-i in succession in your user name, don't go to Europe (unless if you are Richie Porte)
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