Originally Posted by
Smaug1
i disagree. If you don’t have a low enough low gear to climb what you want to climb, tighter gear spacing is irrelevant. It’s also less important on a folding bike than a road bike because we’re not racing. Just pick the lower gear and go a bit slower.
Exactly. When I went 2X gearing on my Speed D7, I biased it to the low end for sufficient climbing, my top gear is just enough to be able to pedal down a mild grade where coasting is not enough. Steeper down, I coast. So perhaps the lower 2/3 of mountain bike gearing range. That 50/34 crank just makes a huge difference uphill versus the original 52. Or 400% 1X gearing, either one.