Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Not flawed. Gear inches is a way of relating bikes with tires and gears of different sizes, not of measuring travel distance per crank revolution... although that's an easy extra calc.
To clarify ...
Gear Inches refer to the diameter of the front wheel of a penny farthing.
A 56 inch gear would be a penny Farthing with a 56"
DIAMETER front wheel,
a 119" gear is a large a** front wheel!
