Higher gears produce more wheel revolutions for each turn of the crank. Lower ones are more spinny.
Nowt to do with the physical size of the gears, especially since the ones at the front have the opposite effect.
True, the mountain analogy falls apart/confuses with a double or triple chainset
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Higher gears produce more wheel revolutions for each turn of the crank. Lower ones are more spinny.
Nowt to do with the physical size of the gears, especially since the ones at the front have the opposite effect.