Originally Posted by
cny-bikeman
Exactly what I did when I was commuting on a 3 speed. Rather than just use the high gear for downhills I set it up so that I could comfortabley maintain cruising speed on level ground, allowing for higher rpm to handle tailwind conditions. That gave me two other gears to handle hills, headwinds, etc.
+1 to this, it's how I've got the 3-speed on my folding bike set up and how I did run the other 3-speed bike I used to have. The extra low gear is much more useful much more of the time than having another high gear would be.
Originally Posted by
noglider
Enlarge a sprocket?
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?