Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Whats Your Gear Combo?

nasty 48/16 :eek: i be jammin!

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53x11 brakeless.

53x22

53x11 brakeless.

pics or its lies.
I run 44x17, though I might switch to 44x15 soon.

46/17. 71 inches.

42/15.
By far my favorite of the 6 or 7 ratios that i've experimented with.
48/17 comes in a close second, which is slightly higher than my 42/15.

I'm I light guy so I find that I can spin up most hills (even big) unless theyre really steep without leaving the saddle.
Especially if I'm using clipless.

BTW I don't take my fixed on tough climbs that are more than ~3 miles in length; i'd usually be on the road bike.

I think that in the future I will possibly lower my gear whilst maintaining avg speed. (or maybe increasing).
I only say this because I'm starting to learn that my strength is high cadence spinning as opposed to high gear mashing.

it was 48/18, but the *****ass airlines broke part of my crank.. so i got new cranks and a new chainring.. now its 44/16.. and i go faster :D

40/13
74 gear inches

42/15.
By far my favorite of the 6 or 7 ratios that i've experimented with.
48/17 comes in a close second (which is slightly higher than my 42/15).

I'm I light guy so I find that I can spin up most hills (even big) unless theyre really steep without leaving the saddle.
Especially if I'm using clipless.

BTW I don't take my fixed on tough climbs that are more than ~3 miles in length; i'd usually be on the road bike.

i ride 48/17, but i dream of that 2.8 ratio. i can't afford,/ don't know how to shop for a new chainring. but i know that 42/15 is the perfect ratio.

48/17

In gear inches...

65/75 fixed and fixed on the touring bike
65 on the mtb
77 on the road bike
78/100 on the other road bike - gotta change the chain ring and chain.

53:11 is about 127 gear inches depending on tyre size... I want to see someone push this gear anywhere besides down a hill.

93.6

48/17

53-19 *****s

46x15

45x17

pirate - 53:19 = 73.6 gear inches.

Somewhere in the low 70s GI

mid 60s. bout time someone makes another one of these threads eh

always fun...

45:16
good enough to get around sf

42-16 SS at the moment, but 42-18, 42-20, 42-22 at times. Commuter, grocery getter, tow bike.

48/17 - fuji track pro

49/17 - nagasawa

Group rides with roadies, 80 GI. Otherwise, 70 GI.

48x17- for my flat lifestyle
45x17- for my hilly lifestyle

43x15 on 700x23s for 15 skid patches and 75 GI.

Took me a minute to find a 43 130bcd ring!

about to try 40 13.
dont really know what to expect
im new to fix and single speed.

47x17, fav so far

52x17. Nice and quick.

46:17 ... 17 skid patches . Even though skidding/skipping ruin tires and can make them lumpy and uneven i feel that 17 skid patches will shave down my tires evenly.

was 42:16
just picked up a 17t today so its now 42:17
running 175 campy's

45:16

$$x!^

42x16 (69 g.i.) for winter
43x15 (75 g.i.) for summer

46 X 16

was 49:16 (80.5 GI) then i broke the crank+chainring... now its 48:16 (78.8 GI) and yet to ride it due to everything else not working on the bike :D

Fiddy-two sixteen.

40x15

44 X 16 on 26inch Wheels. Gives me like 70 GI.

Anyone do 39/13? I got 13T ripped out of a sprocket.

T

42 X 15 75gi

I'm building my new bike with 44 x 16/15 (it's double fixed hub)
Currently I'm running 48x19 since it's winter, but it's really too low.

Somehow for me too the most comfortable gearing I've ever had was 42x15 on a conversion I sold ages ago.

45X16 ..and can do some hills!

42x16; 700x23.
69.0

1:1
any other ratio and you are not truly connected with your wheel and are using the crutch of mechanical advantage.
Plus you know exactly how fast your wheel is spinning and how it is oriented at all times.

42X17 with a 175. I race FG cross, so I needs ta spin.

42x16. The other side of the flip flop hub is empty and forlorn, so I may add something smaller 14 or 15 maybe? My short daily commute has a nice steep hill in it, so I don't want to go to much higher... but I pedal like mad going down the other side, so it would be nice then.

52x17. Nice and quick.

Me too. I rode 52x16 (86gi) singlespeed for a few years in college but once I started puting in more mileage everyday on my commute I found 52x16 wore me down after a few weeks. My area is flat, but in the late fall I had 4 weeks with a 10-20mph headwind coming home from work. Every dang day. That was enough to switch to 52x17 fixed/free (82gi). Now I dont bog down in winds and still have enough top end for dealing with traffic.

48x16

Me too. I rode 52x16 (86gi) singlespeed for a few years in college but once I started puting in more mileage everyday on my commute I found 52x16 wore me down after a few weeks. My area is flat, but in the late fall I had 4 weeks with a 10-20mph headwind coming home from work. Every dang day. That was enough to switch to 52x17 fixed/free (82gi). Now I dont bog down in winds and still have enough top end for dealing with traffic.

I understand that as I spent a good part of last summer running 81 gear inches and after a chain-ring and cog swap ended up with 77 gear inches... still have all the top end and a little higher spin for hills and headwinds.

I like my poosie ass 38/15 for a girly 66.4 inches (170mm/700X25), and 15 skeed patches.

when you get to 50 years old, you'll understand.