Originally Posted by
ianjk
The higher tooth count, the easier.
One tooth won't make much difference tho. The easier your ratio, the slower your (theoretical) top speed will be while increasing the ability to skid-stop more efficiently. Hope you are running a brake if you are unable to stop in an efficient manner.
I disagree with this, mostly because the chainring he is running is 48 T. So by just going down one tooth in the rear he is losing ~4GI(?) which can be fairly significant. Also switching to 48/17 allows for more skid spots which is beneficial as well.