what gear ratios do you guys use on your road bikes
single speed roadbike
nuck_chorris
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what gear ratios do you guys use on your road bikes
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well mostly everything in texas is all flatland ,i live near houston and all is pretty flat
if youre riding mostly flat, you could easily do 52:16, my brother has that on his SS and it moves. but it depends how your riding...city riding has lots of stop and go, so even if its flat...super high gearing isnt optimal because of acceleration...of course if you want to do long rides...you dont want to be spinning the whole time with a lower gear
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where?
I run 46/16 on the road and where I live, lots of hills.
Where in TX are you?nuck_chorris said:
I run 46/16 on the road and where I live, lots of hills.
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46x16/17 (don't remember what the rear is) fixed. some short hills, mostly flat.
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i was thinking of 42x16 since i used to always have that ratio when i road bmx
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I agree. It's a little hilly in Portland and I run a 42x17 and drop it down to a 39x17 for CX season.Thor29 said:
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48X18 in the Southern Appalachians. I find myself occasionally wishing for something larger on some of the flatter stuff (especially when riding with "roadies") but we have a lot of short steep stuff and some sustained (6-10 miles long) climbs that average 6-10% with some steep spikes and it works out pretty good for here.
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Fixed I generally run 39x15, single-speed something a bit bigger depending on the terrain. As a tip the 39 is a great tooth count because you can use your "worn-out" road ring and flip it and you're good to go. I've been riding that gear size all over the PacNW for 20 years, and I'm getting ready roll it here in PA in sub-freezing weather.
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i think my heart would explode riding that big of a fukkin' gearslocaus said:53 x 11 or you are a flatland wuss......
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46-18 in the hills of PA
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