What’s your all-around urban gearing? In gear-inches, please!
09-21-20, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jack pot
^^^^ why am i told that 48 X 17 is OK but 48 x 18 is not 
something about integers ?
something about integers ?This page makes it easy...
https://bikecalc-staging.herokuapp.co...tch_calculator
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09-21-20, 05:16 PM
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Mtb commuter, level cruising in 56 or 73 most of the time.
09-24-20, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jack pot
^^^^ why am i told that 48 X 17 is OK but 48 x 18 is not something about integers ?
something about integers ?
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09-24-20, 01:56 PM
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42 x 16 = 70 g.i.
09-24-20, 06:54 PM
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i have gone from 46 x 17 to 48 x 17 (75.3 GI) and sometimes I find myself going faster than I want ............ I guess it takes a while to adjust the cadence
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09-25-20, 05:27 PM
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72 GI with my fat tires. At 61 years old this might be my pinnacle.
09-26-20, 06:28 AM
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38x16, 700x35 tires=about 65 inches. I’m 68 YOA with dicey knees, so I have to take it easy.
10-06-20, 09:30 AM
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When I had one I ran 39x16 (66 gi) fixed and 39x18 (59 gi) freewheel. I live in a fairly hilly area.
11-08-20, 08:58 PM
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About 76. I'm using what came on my bike. 46T x 16 freewheel/fixed 700x25 tires. Its is lacking in the top speed department as I'm used to riding my geared bikes in 50 x 17.
11-09-20, 08:06 AM
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44x16 74
There's no skidding on my bike as I think it’s stupid, I have front brake that works great.
There's no skidding on my bike as I think it’s stupid, I have front brake that works great.
11-12-20, 01:49 PM
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If I figured it right (17/53) on 700c wheels with 25's, my gear inches equals 84. Our terrain is flat with just a few bumps. So to get up any kind of hill, I am standing up to crank harder.
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11-27-20, 02:09 AM
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42x18, the same I’ve ridden since 1980
Teach those legs to spin perfect fast circles.
They’ll learn!
42x18, the same I’ve ridden since 1980
Teach those legs to spin perfect fast circles.
They’ll learn!
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