Thread: Mountain bike to hybrid conversion, can it be done?
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Old 05-17-11 | 07:50 PM
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BHOFM
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Originally Posted by AlphaDogg
I'm not sure what you mean. Is a higher gear ratio "easier" or "harder"? I find my 28/38/48 crankset and 13-28 freewheel (on my 700x37c hybrid) to be easier to pedal than whatever I had on my old MTB. If this is my old MTB, then it had a 28/38/48 crankset and 14-28 freewheel on 24x1.95 tires. I'm not sure if that is my old MTB, as mine had the same frame style (same geometry) but a different color and I thought it was from 2007, not '04.
The "higher" gear is harder to pedal, but with the taller tires you get more speed and the
narrower tire makes it easier. So with the same cog count as a MTB on a hybird for the same
effort you go faster.
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