Originally Posted by
Roody
I'm talking about
GEAR as in
sprockets and chainrings--not jerseys and blinkies. Maybe you've changed your gearing preference for various reasons. Even if you ride a single speed, tell us about that.
Here's that other thread about gear as in equipment and clothing:
http://www.bikeforums.net/living-car...using-why.html
Go there if you want to talk about your equipment. It's a good thread.
I found that I'm using less gears as I get older! Since I live in the city, the Sturmey Archer 3 speed is more than adequate. However, the SA3 is missing a lower gear and most of the time I wish 1st gear was lower. Someone should make a four speed bike with the following gear inches.
1st ------- 24 inches
2nd ------ 34 inches
3rd -------54 inches
4th -------60 inches
When I ride my derailluer bikes, I find that I'm only using 4 gears the most. I ride at 54 inches about 99% of the time. When I start climbing a hill, I'll go into it as fast as possible and downshift to the tripple and spin up the hill. All the shifting is unnecessary because the small tripple ring solves this problem.