23T cog
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Do you understand how gearing works? If you have a 49-21, and you're going to a 49-23, then yes, your cadence will be faster and it'll be easier for you to go up hills. Mechanical advantage. Fascinating thing it is.
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It depends on your chainring..
I ride a 46-16, if i put on a 17t or 18t or anything bigger, it would become easier to peddle and go up hills, but you would spin out sooner too..
so if your current cog is smaller than a 23t, then yes it will be easier to peddle
if it is 24t or above then it will be harder to peddle, but you will go faster at the same rpm's
read about it on sheldon brown's site
I ride a 46-16, if i put on a 17t or 18t or anything bigger, it would become easier to peddle and go up hills, but you would spin out sooner too..
so if your current cog is smaller than a 23t, then yes it will be easier to peddle
if it is 24t or above then it will be harder to peddle, but you will go faster at the same rpm's
read about it on sheldon brown's site
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If you're trolling: Go away.
If you're serious: Go away. And read everything on Sheldon Brown's website. Twice.
If you're serious: Go away. And read everything on Sheldon Brown's website. Twice.
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Yeah, sheldon's gear calculator is your friend.
Or you could just HTFU.
Or you could just HTFU.