Originally Posted by
pbass
Man, I guess I'm at the "really crazy low" end of the spectrum on my ss Cross Check. It's currently running 38x19 (700c x 40 tires). But I ride it like a ss MTB here in the SoCal mountains, so it's all a trade-off. I can clean most singletrack and fireroad climbs I frequent, but I sure do coast a lot elsewhere!
Gearing in low 50s (gear inches) is probably about right for single track riding. At some point I want to give my RockHopper the option to run two chainrings and two rear cogs with a general gearing around 65 and single track gearing around 50. Like 42/17 and 39/20.
Otto