Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Noddenough. 20x1.75 with 50:11 only gets me 85 gear inches, which is bare minimum high end for me, just enough to pedal down mild grades, but it's enough. 34:30 gets me 21 inches, enough for now, might go down to 15 for heavy touring.
I will POUND you out of the gate if you run 50:11 and you'll never get by me.
. I run ~53.5 gear inches. Even the pros won't run much more, they just train to spin faster.