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I made a post earlier today about a chainset upgrade:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/288258/
Thanks to the guys that replied, I was going about this all wrong. So I want to upgrade my chainring from 44t to 48t so I have a bit more power there but maybe a smaller back sprocket is better. It's defiantly cheaper, and easier to change.
Is this a stupid question, is there any difference in the power/drive weather I change the chainset in the front or the back?
Feels like a smaller cog on the back is harder to turn, but I guess technically the physics are the same. I know nothing about gear ratios, but the math is interesting.
44/16 = 2.75
48/16 = 3.00
my current setup is 44 & 16, if I put 48 on the front, seems like 9% increase.
44/14 = 3.14 ( 15% increase )
44/12 = 3.66 ( 33% increase )
Seems like changing the back cog is way more effective...
What if I change both
48/14 = 3.43 (25% increase )
48/12 = 4.00 (45% increase )
Looks like If I just swap the 16t on the back to a 12, I will get a pretty good increase in power. Putting the 48 on front makes a difference of 9% which does not seem like allot.
Again, I am no expert on gear ratios, and I expect some people on here are. If I increased this by 25% for example would that be too much to manage? What I ride at them moment is just slow as hell. Should I be happy with a 10% increase?
Thanks.