Originally Posted by
bud16415
Not to be “Incredulously Nerdly” but I get a low gear inch of 18.3 GI with the 700x28 stock tires.
But I could be wrong.
nope, you aint wrong.Here are the charts for her bike, stock and with a 44/32/22 (using the original cassette of gears that came with the bike) I also threw in the chart of my mtn bike with a 11-28 cassette, with diff sized wheels than her 700 equipped bike.
18.3 is pretty close to my 19.5 gear inches on my mtn bike with my 11-28 cassette (because of the 26inch wheels) , this is great.
Her original 9 speed cassette of 11-32 should be perfectly adequate as is and will be a nice help with the lower gearing.
ps, I too find your "incredulous" curious. The crank change alone will give a nice lower equivalent (more or less) of one whole gear lower. The suggestions of a tighter cassette were opinions on trying to keep the jumps between gear changes less, although I ride a bike with the same 11-32 9 speed cassette as the lady's Vita, and its not too bad for the spaces (less would be nicer, but yes to get a lower gearing, she should keep it)
ps, I do admit to being an incredulous nerd for this stuff, I (and others) should bottle it as a sleep aid for all non bikers (and most bicyclists as well probably)
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