Hi all,
Having recently upgraded to pretty much my dream bike (Surly Troll, SONDelux, Rohloff, ETC) I have a question about primary gear ratio. Currently I have a 38 tooth chain ring and a 16 tooth Rohloff gear. That is the "recommended" ratio by Rohloff according to the manual. However, in daily riding I find myself mostly in the top 5-6 gears, only dropping below 8 or 9 for the obvious hill climb. I voiced my complaints to Rohloff directly in Germany. They said that is normal but for my use and body build (close to 100Kg) they recommended me a 15 tooth gear. I have ordered it already and was wondering if anyone else has had experience with over 100kg rider weight ratio of 2.5 instead of the normal 2.35

What are your thoughts?

Shawn