Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
Yes. The difference may be marginal, but to say there is none is incorrect. Larger sprockets and cogs are more efficient.
I am
thrilled to "learn" this, but the "marginal gains" from riding the traditional 50 or 48 X 18 for the last 50 years could mean that I got home for lunch today a few seconds before my theoretical self on the same GI w/ smaller cogs on Total Time over several decades of riding.
I'm still at:
No.
-Bandera