Originally Posted by
RaleighSport
Okay thanks again, I'm gonna look into a 52/20 for now that should give me 70.4 according to sheldon's calculator... and if I need smaller I can adjust the dropouts/chain as needed. I don't know if this would help input any but I always come in between 140-150 and while I'm not out of shape, I don't have legs of steel just yet.
My gear combo is 48x16 Fuji Del-Rey fg conversion w/a seatpost rack/expandable trunkbag on my light days. I use a Motobecane Fantom CX2 for loaded hauling on Mondays and the fg the rest of the week. My terrain is hilly w/a 500 ft drop into work and a 500 ft climb homeward. Before going fg I ran a 46x16 combo over the same terrain w/no problems so I figured adding another inch wouldn't make
that much of a difference. The main thing is that I don't use the fg for 'loaded' cycling as it would be too tough on the knees. Although I'm thinking of getting this bike:
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...kilott_s3x.htm and putting a rack and bags on it. I
love riding fg.
Btw, my rt daily commute is 41 miles.