hello for ny people please answer
07-11-12 | 10:39 PM
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hello for ny people please answer
hello. what gear ratios are you guys running for single speed & fixed gear. Just wanted to find out some of the popular ratios you guys are using. please say single speed or fixed gear and then the gear ratio. Thanks. 
07-11-12 | 10:50 PM
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Regardless of location, this is helpful info:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...imer-for-Newbs
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...imer-for-Newbs
07-12-12 | 05:13 AM
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07-12-12 | 06:24 AM
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07-12-12 | 06:25 AM
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42X16 There are a gazillion 42t chainrings out there from old road bikes, 16t cogs/freewheels are everywhere too and it gets you right about the magical 70GI.
Edit: 31 / M / Ithaca, NY
Edit: 31 / M / Ithaca, NY
07-12-12 | 06:31 AM
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07-12-12 | 01:54 PM
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26 / M / San Francisco. Hey big boy.
07-12-12 | 04:12 PM
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07-12-12 | 04:17 PM
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I thought the title of this thread was "hello for my people please answer" and thought it was the funniest weird phrase/sentence fragment I had seen in a while. So I tweeted it. The end.
I thought the title of this thread was "hello for my people please answer" and thought it was the funniest weird phrase/sentence fragment I had seen in a while. So I tweeted it. The end.
07-12-12 | 06:33 PM
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46x16 in brooklyn.
07-12-12 | 06:36 PM
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So, we doing A/S/L now with a bit of our bike information?
I run a FG/SS on 44/16. Mainly use my SS, getting a new SS FW in, so using the FG atm.
I run a FG/SS on 44/16. Mainly use my SS, getting a new SS FW in, so using the FG atm.
07-12-12 | 07:21 PM
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sure we could lol even though I didn't ask for that. I just ask if you're riding single speed or fixed gear bike and then give the gear ratio you are using.
24/m/sunset park, bklyn single speed FTW. I'm on 48/14 soon to be 50/14 once my legs gets stronger.
24/m/sunset park, bklyn single speed FTW. I'm on 48/14 soon to be 50/14 once my legs gets stronger.
07-12-12 | 08:28 PM
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07-12-12 | 08:41 PM
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I run 46/16 and mostly SS. Too many hills to spin down fixed. Flip the wheel sometimes for grins, but... There's always another hill.
07-12-12 | 09:47 PM
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is a higher gear ratio harder to control down hill or a lower gear ratio??
07-12-12 | 09:52 PM
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That depends on the rider but a higher ratio will eventually wreck your knees if you live in a hilly area.
07-12-12 | 10:01 PM
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for anyone noob or expert.
07-12-12 | 10:09 PM
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the higher the gear ratio the less you have to pedal, harder uphill easier downhill, vice versa for lower
a lovely man named Sheldon Brown has covered just about everything bicycle related you could ever want to know
i ride with 71 gear inches - 46/17 on staten island, fixed
a lovely man named Sheldon Brown has covered just about everything bicycle related you could ever want to know
i ride with 71 gear inches - 46/17 on staten island, fixed
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07-12-12 | 10:19 PM
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46/17 in Manhattan. Uptown commute has me contemplating whether my gear ratio'll change with every birthday. 45/f.
07-12-12 | 10:32 PM
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I was doing 44/17 fixed, but now I'm happy with 44/18 free.
50/14? Do you live close to (possibly inside) Kissena?
50/14? Do you live close to (possibly inside) Kissena?
07-13-12 | 10:26 AM
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no. i live in brooklyn , sunset park section. there are lots of hills riding back, + the man bridge but riding to the city just the bridge is the only thing i will have to really push. right now it's still 48/14 that i'm riding.
07-13-12 | 10:27 AM
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