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01-12-08 | 09:58 AM

ryansexton

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Joke Thread: Coolest Gear Ratios

Post pictures of the coolest/funniest/stupidest gear ratios. 63/7? 12/36? Anything that is just really stupid.

01-12-08 | 10:16 AM

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01-12-08 | 10:31 AM

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12/36....uhhhh

01-12-08 | 10:34 AM

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11ty/1

01-12-08 | 10:40 AM

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12/36....uhhhh

Exactly. A ridiculously stupid, and backwards gear ratio that would be almost impossible to move.

01-12-08 | 10:50 AM

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01-12-08 | 10:57 AM

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You can get a 36 (more like 34) tooth sprocket? Imagine the size of the chainring to get a 70ish inch ratio!

01-12-08 | 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ryansexton

Exactly. A ridiculously stupid, and backwards gear ratio that would be almost impossible to move.

have you actually seen anything like this? That would be funny. If not, I don't get it.

01-12-08 | 11:57 AM

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Exactly. A ridiculously stupid, and backwards gear ratio that would be almost impossible to move.

which doesn't possibly exist other than in your dreams

01-12-08 | 01:02 PM

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that so called "bike dancing" Quicksilver video had uber small chainrings, guessing so they could pull tricks easier with such a low gearing, but made them useless as bike messangers.

01-12-08 | 01:11 PM

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01-12-08 | 10:27 PM

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the cool thing in bmx nowadays is to have small chain rings.

01-12-08 | 10:30 PM

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any gear ratio over ~70 gear inches on the street is a joke

01-12-08 | 10:31 PM

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My bike is 32x13. It's only a little lower than most people on this board seem to like (65 inches), but it looks ridiculous. I like it.

01-12-08 | 10:36 PM

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Quote:

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any gear ratio over ~70 gear inches on the street is a joke

I roll 73", guess I'm a joke.

01-12-08 | 10:37 PM

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420 x 69 cool as fuccccck

01-12-08 | 10:37 PM

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Quote:

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I roll 73", guess I'm a joke.

yep that is why you are in this thread

01-12-08 | 10:59 PM

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i guess that would make my 78" stupidly funny....

01-12-08 | 11:54 PM

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Quote:

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any gear ratio over ~70 gear inches on the street is a joke

i used to ride 70. after a few incremental increases, i now ride 80 inches. i'm a joke? the low gears taught me cadence, putting that cadence on the high gears equals speeeeed.

oh, and of course i run a brake with a gear over ~75ish.

01-13-08 | 02:13 AM

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running out of ideas for threads are we?

01-13-08 | 02:26 AM

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60/9

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01-13-08 | 02:28 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sirpoopalot

any gear ratio over ~70 gear inches on the street is a joke

I can't see myself ever running anything less than the 77 gear inches I have on my road bike / commuter... it cracks me up every time I ride it.

01-13-08 | 02:48 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sirpoopalot

any gear ratio over ~70 gear inches on the street is a joke

87" at the moment, since the studded tyres are almost an inch more in diameter than my regular slicks, which give me 86".

01-13-08 | 03:51 AM

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65/4? (432 gear inches and 117.5 MPH @ 100 cadence

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