Originally Posted by
Mike Mills
The gearing on the five speed version is a bit whacked. It is the equivalent of a 52T chainwheel with the following rear cogs - 28, 23, 17, 14, 11T.
I honestly don't see anything at all wrong with those ratios. Thats pretty close to what you'd have on a typical 70's Bike Boom machine when in the Big Chainring. Most of em were 52-4x with a 28-14 or so.
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