View Poll Results: What tooth count fixed cogs do you regularly ride?
13
8
4.15%
14
7
3.63%
15
31
16.06%
16
69
35.75%
17
73
37.82%
18
34
17.62%
19
12
6.22%
20
4
2.07%
21
5
2.59%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 193. You may not vote on this poll
Favorite Fixed Gear Cog Size?
12-04-06 | 04:56 PM
#1
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Pendulum and Triangle
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From: Asheville, NC
Bikes: Endless street bike, Fuji track bike, Serotta road bike, Gary Fisher mountain bike, S&M BMX bike
Favorite Fixed Gear Cog Size?
Howdy y'all! A little poll out of curiousity.
12-04-06 | 05:22 PM
#5
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From: New York
Bikes: Makino (have the parts; not yet built), EAI Barekuckle, Unknown Japanese fixed conversion, Centurion Dave Scott Ironman road bike (frame), Secret project bike, 2007 Trek Madone 5.2, Cannondale Caad3 mountain bike
48x17 +1
12-04-06 | 05:23 PM
#6
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From: New York
Bikes: Makino (have the parts; not yet built), EAI Barekuckle, Unknown Japanese fixed conversion, Centurion Dave Scott Ironman road bike (frame), Secret project bike, 2007 Trek Madone 5.2, Cannondale Caad3 mountain bike
Originally Posted by The Fixer
I don't think chainring size and gear inches matter here......we're strictly talking cog size...
12-04-06 | 05:43 PM
#8
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From: Sacramento, California, USA
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur
16. Just seems to go perfectly with my 42 chainring, like Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott.
12-04-06 | 05:47 PM
#9
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Pendulum and Triangle
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From: Asheville, NC
Bikes: Endless street bike, Fuji track bike, Serotta road bike, Gary Fisher mountain bike, S&M BMX bike
Not so much a question of gear inches / how tough you are, just tooth count.
I like my 39/16 when I'm feeling strong. I did a few 8,000'+ centuries on that gear this year.
However, I'm kinda weak now, and it's the perfect gear for getting around town on.
Obviously I could also ride 48/19 or something silmilar.
I like my 39/16 when I'm feeling strong. I did a few 8,000'+ centuries on that gear this year.
However, I'm kinda weak now, and it's the perfect gear for getting around town on.
Obviously I could also ride 48/19 or something silmilar.
12-04-06 | 07:36 PM
#13
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From: Rocket City, No'ala
Bikes: 2014 Trek Domane 5.2, 1985 Pinarello Treviso, 1990 Gardin Shred, 2006 Bianchi San Jose
Originally Posted by HB Crusier
how do you figure out gear inches
12-04-06 | 08:22 PM
#15
Car magnet
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 435
Likes: 0
From: Savannah, Georgia
Bikes: 80's Hoffy track frame 49x15, 80's guerciotti track 47x15(destroyd by a car), '78 ross conversion(RIP, died of old age), '06 fuji track(RIP, hit by a trolley), '75 Alan Aluminum(in the works)
i ride 47x15...82 gear inches
my friend rides a 49x13...at 99 gear inches.
my friend rides a 49x13...at 99 gear inches.
12-04-06 | 10:35 PM
#17
crotchety young dude
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: SF, CA
Bikes: IRO Angus; Casati Gold Line; Redline 925; '72 Schwinn Olympic Paramount
14-18.
12-04-06 | 10:53 PM
#18
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Long Beach, CA
Bikes: Bianchi Advantage Fixed Conversion; Specialized Stumpjumper FS Hardtail
Originally Posted by HB Crusier
how do you figure out gear inches
you can use 27" to get a ballpark for most 700c or 27" wheels. For 700c to get fancy use 622+(2*tire size in mm)/25.4
For instance, running 48/17 with a 23mm tire
(48/17)*(622+2*23)/25.4=74.26 inches
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12-05-06 | 06:42 AM
#21
jack of one or two trades
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,640
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From: Suburbia, CT
Bikes: Old-ass gearie hardtail MTB, fix-converted Centurion LeMans commuter, SS hardtail monster MTB
Originally Posted by endlesscycles
Howdy y'all! A little poll out of curiousity.
12-05-06 | 07:09 AM
#23
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: 703
Bikes: 'Cha-ruzu Fosuta Orusan Kein' Fuji Track (2005), Schwinn Tank MTB (?), Fuji Royale (1979)
my favorite cog:
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12-05-06 | 12:50 PM
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From: AZ
Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix, Lemond Poprad. Retired: Jamis Sputnik, Centurion LeMans Fixed, Diamond Back ascent ex
The poll is good, but not clear. The title says 'favorite', the poll says 'regularly ride'.
I thought it was about numerology and aesthetics, not reality!
Al
I thought it was about numerology and aesthetics, not reality!
Al