not necessarily looking for specific tooth count but....

I ride my SS A LOT and some of my rides cover moderately hilly terrain. I go out of my way to avoid anything too steep. My gearing as-is is comfortable going up hill, I actually manage to gain a lot of ground and pass other riders during group rides when climbing. BUT... I spin out going down hills and feel like I could afford to have more gear on the flats.

So my question... in your opinion, is it worth working a little harder on the climbs to have more on the descents and flats?

Thanks in advance...

try different gears. Freewheels don't have to cost you tons, so experiment.

54 x 14, for hills

I run it slightly higher than rusty, since my town has huge hills. 68 x 12.

You are more man than I.

I suppose it bears mentioning that I am currently running 48x17. I'm yet to find myself walking up any hill that I've encountered but all of the riders I pass going up fly past me on the way down, I just cant build speed.

If you can't build up speed, seems like you could go up a tooth on your freewheel.

48/18 is a very sensible gearing for any sort of city riding.

who said i was male? *wink wink*

I like 46 18

Oh, the lament of one gear!

Spin to win, my friend.

Fixed gear 42x18, single speed 49x16

48/16.

My bike came with 42/18. But found it a bit too easy. So I changed to a 16 cog. Now I've ordered a 47 chain ring. I hope
47/16 isn't going to be too big a jump from 42/16.

That's about 8 gear inches...

5 freaking teeth...

Your knees are going to hate you.

big jump. someone needs to post the link (i dont have it) to that Rabbit gear calculator every time something like that^^^^ is posted

https://software.bareknucklebrigade.c...it.applet.html

BAM!

Maybe I should go 47/17 first.

Going from 48/15 to 48/19 was a big jump, my knees don't hate me anymore.

I'm currently running 46x17 with about 71 GI. It's great for getting around slightly hilly Berkeley. I also don't spin out too much on the flats. I might go up to an 18 or 19t cog when I move to Seattle though.

46/17...... Kinda low but I never have to walk up hills.

48/17 is perfect for me. Sometimes ill make really good efforts on climbs, but its not so hard that it forces me to gear down.

And I can usually hold a good speed on flats and even better on downhills XD. Acceleration is verry easy (when all compared to my stock ratio of 48/15?)

Because this hasn't been done a few thousand times...

49/16 here. No shortage of hills here in New Westminster/Surrey/Vancouver.

35+ kph on the flats with no wind. I mash/pull up most bridges and hills. There are some hills everyone avoids. Gearing is something you play with until your patellar meniscus is happy.

I really wanna try 48/18, but its only 3 skid patches

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