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Old 05-15-10, 01:57 AM
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Let say you have running a 48/18 ratio, it has a gear inches of 70.3 with 23c tires, but 43/16 gives you about 70.6.
That's a huge different in chain length, you have to shorten/lengthen your chain to make it work.
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