Originally Posted by
stilltooslow
That's a steep freaking gear for a ride like that! What kind of terrain? I actually have a fixie set up similarly with a 50 x 15 exclusively for when I ride during summer vacations along the near dead flat roads on the Atlantic shoreline, but more like 40 mi. per ride.
Kudos to you sir!
I run 53 x 16 which is nearly the same as 50 x 15. I'm not sure why everyone acts like anything over 80 GI is a big deal. On flatlands if you want to cruise at 20, it's only 80 RPM and you can tour way easy on that. Even the occasional hill isn't that bad as long as you're pacing with friends and not CAT 6'ing.