Originally Posted by Dial_tone
I would say the opposite. I might sprint in a 48x14 on a 333 track, which is a 92.6. That would never cut it for road sprinting; easily 20 inches too low. On the track you would be spinning 100-150 rpm; on the road 80-120 so clearly your gearing would be less. Keirin would be some of the highest gearing but then you're paced up to 30mph.
Even at big tracks no-one puts on the big gears untill its a big race. We did a small training session in Bromont and ran 84" gears. It took forever to do a lap hahahaha. Keirin = big gear. At Canadian Nationals the general guestimate was that most guys ran 94 and 96 inch gears.