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  • I'm hoping to try out SS trail riding at Haldon Forest over Christmas:

    https://www.moredirt.com/trail/South-West/Challenge-Trail---Haldon-Forest/1335/

    and have all the bits together to build up 2 bikes for me and son- one 29er and other 26", both steel hard tails with solid forks.

    Question: what would be suitable novice MTB gear ratios for Devon hilly terrain? (we're both daily road cyclists). I was thinking 32/16 but some of the bikes on here appear to have smaller chainrings?

    I have 16t sprockets for both but yet to get the chainrings.

  • start at 32:18 and see what it's like

    if your bike is heavy or it's really hilly, you can try 32:20

    I ride 32:18 for loaded bikepacking and unloaded trailcentre fun, find it the perfect compromise on my decidedly notlight bike

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