Originally Posted by
andre nickatina
Flat city, hilly, whatever. Where do you draw the line on gear inches?
I run a pretty low gear (38-15=66.4") but that feels comfortable to me:
I can easily stop, I can control downhills better, I can crank up to speed in about 4 hard cranks, in short after about 3 minutes of riding the setup I KNEW I found the one I liked.
I tried bigger gears, and one set up that was lower, but this is the one I liked the best (I still have a drawer full of rings and cogs)
I skid with either foot forward and the 38/15 gives me 15 patches, and if I change it I'd go with a 41T chainring which is 72.1" and 30 frickin patches.