Thread: gear ratio
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Old 10-30-23 | 03:11 PM
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pbass
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Originally Posted by DeoreDX
You guys push some real big boy gears compared to my SS mountain bikes. I run a 30t oval 18t cog with 27.5x2.6" tires on one and 34/18 on the mixed surface gravel.singletrack/street bike with 29x2.5" Surly Extraterrestrials. I'll take my mountain bike up and down some of the gnarliest terrain available so if I'm not geared real low I wouldn't be able to ride up 1/2 the stuff I do.
Yeah, man, my ss 29'r MTB was 32x20. It's very steep and rocky where I live so even then I'd be walking at times. My 700c gravel bike is a dinglespeed 34x17/19 and around here that's as tall as I could go and still get up much of this stuff.
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