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Old 10-12-14 | 08:00 PM
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How many gear inches are you pushing?

I've been messing around with Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Gear Calculator and mapped out the ratios on my bikes. While riding I tried to take notice of which gear I preferred on each and it turns out on level ground I like a gear of around 85 to 90 inches. This was a pretty useful exercise because it showed me I should swap the cassettes on two of my bikes and helped me develop a shifting strategy for hills on my normal commuter that uses the gears more effectively. It got me wondering what gear other people are pushing?
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