Originally Posted by
CJ C
Flip It!
Heh...
beautiful bike bro. Its just begging to be taken on a century or double century
Century next April or May. 200k by June I think. We'll see how it goes.
question, the gearing seems on the low side? why is that?
It works for me, but I'm still experimenting really. I want to be able to go up big hills on this thing, and based on my current MTB gearing I wanted to go below 22 GI on the low end. Originally I specced it out with a 22t low gear, aftermarket, and a 12-30 cassette, but the shop couldn't find the cassette for me and opted to keep 26/34 as the low gear.
In my cruising gear, the middle ring, with a cadence in the range of 70-100, I can hit a speed range of 6mph to 27mph. Given that I cannot sustain 25mph on flats for more than a few seconds right now, 27mph is high enough that I can grow into it over the next year.
The big gear I'll use for descents, as I can hit up to 36mph@100rpm in the highest gear.
If there comes a time where I can use the large gear regularly on flats, I'll consider going for a larger crank, but for now this current gearing is more than adequate for my current fitness level. I don't think I would have been very happy with higher gearing.