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12-30-15 | 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FoldMeSideways

First gear will get you up the steepest incline you can think of while sitting down. The 6th gear will max you out at roughly 15-18mph while pushing a decent cadence. It is a cruiser, not a racer.

Gears are always an issue on 16" wheel bikes. The gearing on a Tokyo is 23.1-46.1 gear inches, in the top gear at 80rpm ( a normal cadence ) you will go 11mph. Please check these figures at Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Gear Calculator

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Yan

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