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Chaley
@cookiemonster
Bit of gearing advice needed
The bombtrack came with 42x16 (72 gear inch on 40mm tyres) which is fine for commuting. Looking finally at taking it out of London for some offroad'ish stuff - chilterns, maybe southdowns, etc. Also, will do some family cycling with my 8 year old on same kind of terrain
I'll gear down, but how low is sensible? 50-55 gear/inch maybe?
The crank is 130bcd (on a gravel / touring bike....) so I could go 38x19 (55) or 38x20 (52)
thoughts?