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%
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Favorite Fixed Gear Cog Size?
12-04-06, 04:56 PM
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Favorite Fixed Gear Cog Size?
Howdy y'all! A little poll out of curiousity.
12-04-06, 05:11 PM
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Might be more helpful if you knew the chainring size too - I ride a 17, but with a 48 ring.
12-04-06, 05:22 PM
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I don't think chainring size and gear inches matter here......we're strictly talking cog size...
I ride 48x17
I ride 48x17
12-04-06, 05:22 PM
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48x17 +1
12-04-06, 05:23 PM
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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
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16. Just seems to go perfectly with my 42 chainring, like Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott.
12-04-06, 05:47 PM
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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, 07:33 PM
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how do you figure out gear inches
12-04-06, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by HB Crusier
how do you figure out gear inches
12-04-06, 08:22 PM
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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
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14-18.
12-04-06, 10:53 PM
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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, 03:07 AM
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I'm using a 16 with a 46 ring in the front
I don't like cogs with less than 16 teeth
I don't like cogs with less than 16 teeth
12-05-06, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by endlesscycles
Howdy y'all! A little poll out of curiousity.
12-05-06, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Aldone
I don't like cogs with less than 16 teeth
and plus...my 19t phil would bling less if it were smaller
12-05-06, 07:09 AM
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my favorite cog:
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12-05-06, 12:19 PM
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How come 12T gets no love?
12-05-06, 12:50 PM
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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