Originally Posted by drolldurham

actually, i am! but i haven't put the bike together yet, and after all this i might as well just order a 49:17 or a 49:16 and forget (i.e. put them on ebay for $1) the stuff i have now.

another bad thing about 42:14 is that it gives you only one part of the tire to skid on (as explained here: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~ccatalan/skid.html )

wellp, good thing i orderd the drivetrain before doing the research