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08-01-25 | 07:43 AM

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noglider

aka Tom Reingold

Joined: Jan 2009

Posts: 44,180

Likes: 6,418

From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

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Originally Posted by groovestew

Nice bike, noglider . That looks like a monster of a chain ring. What's your gear ratio?

Thanks.

It looks huge but my ratio isn't really high because the rear cog is also large. It's perfect for flat ground. Front is 52, and rear is 19. 52 / 19 * 27 = 74. So for Americans, it's a 74" gear. The ratio is 2.74. I don't know what the rollout is.

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