Originally Posted by William Karsten
I started 42x16. It got easy. I bumped up once to 44x16. Things weren't hard. I built some stamina, some speed, got comfy and went 48x15.
All this means nothing without tyre/wheel size factored in. hence gear inches.
and some will say that gear inches is useless without taking crank length into account. hence sheldon's gain ratios.