gear ratios...again...noob
This has probably been covered but I haven't found anything.
I'm currently running 42x16 on my singlespeed road bike and it's perfect, but sometimes I get spinning like crazy and I end up coasting because I can't keep up.
So now I'm assembling a fixie and I'm thinking I need something steeper.
1. because I don't want to get in a similar situation where I can't resort to coasting
2. because I see all these girls in mpls riding 52x17 and I'm shamed.
So the question is...is a good gear ratio for singlespeed equally good for fixed or because of the inertia(?) built into a fixed drivetrain should it be steeper? And, if so, has anyone developed a formula for this conversion? Or am I just confused?