Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
My bike has a whole gob of gears. Whenever I find that I'm having to spin too fast, I just access the next faster one. That's what everybody else does too. The only times that your argument has any validity is when you are sprinting downhill in your very fastest gear and possibly in some pack raceing situations
Correct and thank you. There seems to be confusion that because 650 wheels generate a smaller gear inch for a given gear that they are slower overall. Smaller gear inches just means one has to use a slighter higher gear choice. But that's not a problem since it takes the same power to turn a 100 inch gear, no matter whether it's a 650 or a 700.