Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
As a data point, I've found that if my gear is a little too high, I'll be slow off the line.
But this is way more important:
With my setup, the take off from the line is pretty bad. However, once I get going, it is like a freight train heading down a steep hill. This is actually the fun part, because it seems like you are really moving as you pass the people that are already spinning out. Found this to be the truth as I rode a Critical Mass in Chicago. Lots of younger guys/kids riding fixed, but with really low gearing. We would take off from the light on a long straightaway, and it would be an all out drag race. They destroyed me off the line, but once I got going and I would say probably 5 full revolutions in, the momentum starts to build and you are quickly catching and passing.....