Originally Posted by
wrk101
Craziest gearing I have ever seen was on a Peugeot I picked up. Stronglight double crankset, 51/49 tooth chain rings. Thats right, a drop of two teeth. It visually looked like the two chainrings were the same size....
The stock crankset on the Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix of the late 1950s/early 60s had 49/46t ring combo. I think it was to discourage shifting the FD!