Originally Posted by shortshorts

Hi fellas.

I've decided to upgrade my stock chainring and cog on my bikes direct steed & I'd like to try a new ratio.
Something a little more mashy than spinny.

The chainring is a 46 & and the cog is a 15, so what would be the next step up from that?

I commute daily about 9 miles each way, and its mostly flat. Just some minor hills & inclines once in awhile, so nothing super tough. So I'm after something that'll keep me going faster for a longer distance.

Ol' Sheldon says that a 42/16 ratio is a pretty good starting spot. Since that chainring is is smaller than mine, will that make it spin faster than my current one? Or does my smaller cog make it pretty much the same ratio?