Old 05-21-21, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by alex.martian
I can say then gears are not needed at all, just pedal faster, but then you can reply 70-90 cadence is stated to be optimal for fitness, etc. Anyway I find it "unbalanced" and already mentioned above: inclination toward high speed, I have leverage of 4 times in my gears for speed (44x11), but only 2 for force (22x44). I want more force; usable, convenient for my style and my body gearing.

So many bikes, so many choices and no one for easy going uphill, come on, designers and manufactures, you can do better! So for now I want to manufacture one for myself, hence the question.
You are making absolutely zero sense. Common configuration on bikes these day is 30 tooth chainring up front paired with a 10-51 cassette in back. Plenty of gearing for going faster and low end for climbing hills.

Your issue is you need to get away from a 3 x 9 bike...
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