Originally Posted by
cleanupinaisle3
i hope the OP at first understands that a smaller chainring means an easier gearing... i know when I was first starting out, I didn't quite understand the concept of gear inches, but I did understand "easier."
For my wife, that's called "faster". I was puzzled when she stated that my "brown bike" (Redline Monocog 29er transformed in commuter by way of skinnier tires) was "faster" than her own singlespeed city bike, although it has a lower gearing. Turns out, easier pedaling uphill for her means "faster". She's the wife, I'm not going to argue.