Originally Posted by drolldurham
right now on my steamroller i've got 42:14. i want to go to a smaller ratio, but with bigger gears.
I don't get it. Why bigger gears? You are just complicating things here.
You want an easier to pedal gear? Then increase rear cog size and/or decrease chain ring size.
You want a harder to pedal gear? Reduce the rear cog size and/or chainring size.
You should be able to make most gear changes by jsut swapping out rear cogs, unless you
REALLY want to fine tune your gearing to within +/- 1 gear inch.