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Old 03-22-07 | 10:45 AM
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Ken Cox
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Originally Posted by San Rensho
...a 48/14 is too big because it "feels" too big and a 48/15 is too small because it feels too spinny. Only one tooth difference, right? Well the gear inches are 92 and 86 respectively. A huge difference in gear.

To get a slightly bigger gear, you have to go to a gear chart (or much easier, just calculate it) to find the right CR/cog combination.
That pretty well explains it, doesn't it?
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