Okay.. what range of Gear Inches would be best for fast acceleration? I was thinking a 1:3 (48/16) ratio which is rated as 81 gear inches with a 27" diameter drive wheel would be pretty good.. no? That's high and it seems like people advise against being that high.

Can someone explain how it works? Higher Gear inches vs. Lower gear inches? I'm looking for acceleration, not necissarily top speed. Also if you can explain the difficulty of pedaling it will be with it also?

My impression on gearing:
if you have a 1:3 ratio 16t cog/48t chainring you pedal one revolution the cog rotates 3 times, thus the drivewheel rotates 3 times. So, if you had a 1:4 or 1:5 etc, one rotation = 4, 5 revolutions respectively. I would imagine that being harder to start from stop. Am I right? Also, I would imagine your top speed would be reduced...wait, would it be increased? If you have a 1:1 you would have to pedal once to move one revolution (not as far as 1:3) so, top speed would be greatly reduced and it would be easy to start pedaling. I dont know what that would do to acceleration though.

I live in orange county/ huntington beach california not many hills, mostly flat land etc. I want to be able to accelerate, skid, stop etc..

Can someone please explain this stuff to me!?

Thanks,
Ericson Calderon