Originally Posted by Grimlock
Does it make sense to anyone else that the 30x30 combination has 5 skidpatches? Why wouldn't that have just 1?
Yeah 30x30 would have one skid patch.
Basically you you take your gear ratio as a fraction, reduce it and take the reduced cog - that's your number skid patches. For example, I ride 46x16.
As a fraction: 46/16
Reduced: 23/8
I have 8 skid patches.