Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
My bike has a 24 tooth chainring and a 34 tooth cog.
Get off my lawn.
For a few years in the early 1990s, I was running a 20 tooth
granny small front with a 14-38 custom 6-speed Suntour freewheel, first on my recumbent (can't stand up and stomp), then on my touring cruiser. Twiddling up ridiculously steep grades wasn't fast, but it was fun.
(pulls up rocking chair) "Now these kids are spoiled with the newfangled "1x" contraptions with a zillion gears on one freewh, er, cassette, and big cogs that are the same size as the rear tire!!" (shakes fist, turns off hearing aid)
