Smallest gear on your touring bike
10-29-08, 03:29 PM
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Smallest gear on your touring bike
Just wondering what is the smallest gear ratio on your bike..
I dont have a touring bike yet ... on my commute bike my smallest
gear is 28/32 (smallest front vs largest rear). Even in this gear 10%..12% grades
feel really tough.
I was wondering the how you touring folk are geared up, to cope with your
fully loaded rigs going up whatever the landscape throws at you.
I dont have a touring bike yet ... on my commute bike my smallest
gear is 28/32 (smallest front vs largest rear). Even in this gear 10%..12% grades
feel really tough.
I was wondering the how you touring folk are geared up, to cope with your
fully loaded rigs going up whatever the landscape throws at you.
10-29-08, 03:43 PM
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About 18 inches. (19*30/32 it's a 406 rim)
I wouldn't want to use anything bigger, but I'm a sissy.
Speedo
I wouldn't want to use anything bigger, but I'm a sissy.
Speedo
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34/24=18.9"
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16.1" on my Expedition bike and 17.something" on my drop bar tour bike. About 42" on my Raleigh 3 speed, which I do tour on occasionally, and 27.2" on my city bike which could be toured on too.
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22/34*26=16.82
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10-29-08, 07:44 PM
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I don't get "gear inches", but Sheldon says my 30x34 with 700c wheels is 23.8 gear inches.
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My old touring bike had 21x21 and a Sturmey Archer AW hub on 27" wheels: 21/21*3/4*27=20.25", equivalent to 24/32.
New one is a Rohloff in a 406 wheel with 52X15, about 18" (with a 95" top).
Second gear on the Rohloff is about equal to first on my old setup. I've found that if I get a lower gear I will always use it, but it doesn't necessarily mean I needed it.
New one is a Rohloff in a 406 wheel with 52X15, about 18" (with a 95" top).
Second gear on the Rohloff is about equal to first on my old setup. I've found that if I get a lower gear I will always use it, but it doesn't necessarily mean I needed it.
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I have a 26 chain wheel and 32 tooth big gear on the rear with 700 wheels.
10-30-08, 12:51 PM
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just installed an LX external BB front crank with a 22 small ring front, 34 back.
previously 24/34.
previously 24/34.
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