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@Ramsaye
Factors such as high tooth count come in to play in minimising the risk of chain jump at any given gear ratio when putting epic loads through the drive chain*, the higher tooth count has no influence on the delicate amount of force used in a track stand.
*eg. it's better to use 50x20 than 42x17 if you are grinding up Swains lane