Originally Posted by
Camh876
oh well, putting all city cranks on shortly which would make it 46-18 now as he convinced me the day and i wanted it sorted. i know its about preference but will going to that ratio work well? was also told that with certain ratios there are fewer skid patches and you eat more of certain parts of the tire. and on some ratios there is as little as one skid patch. so again is going to that 46-18 ok and will it also even out the difficulty i was looking for in the beginning?
46/18 is a marginally lower gear (i.e. easier to pedal but you go slower) than your current 44/17 - and it also has fewer skid patches. Why not stick with your current 17t cog - or go to a 16t if you want an even bigger change in gearing?