What's your favourite gear ratio?

bombadil i ride 39 x 16 x 700cc. spinny but good for the knees.

i am just setting up a friend with a 39 x16 gear. i reckon it is still good for getting round the smoke

jonny [quote]bombadil i ride 39 x 16 x 700cc. spinny but good for the knees.

i am just setting up a friend with a 39 x16 gear. i reckon it is still good for getting round the smoke[/quote]

did me fine all the way to brighton as well

jonny [quote]bombadil i ride 39 x 16 x 700cc. spinny but good for the knees.

i am just setting up a friend with a 39 x16 gear. i reckon it is still good for getting round the smoke[/quote]

Yeah, still easy to rev up towards 20mph - especially with that 700cc engine that gets mentioned ;p

BringMeMyFix [quote]jonny [quote]bombadil i ride 39 x 16 x 700cc. spinny but good for the knees.

i am just setting up a friend with a 39 x16 gear. i reckon it is still good for getting round the smoke[/quote]

Yeah, still easy to rev up towards 20mph - especially with that 700cc engine that gets mentioned ;p[/quote]

700cc and you'll be doing a ton ten I'd say...

God's own gear ratio - 49:17, which is around 75". Suits me fine around flat London.

48-18 FTW!!1

there's a few more hills up where i live (bounds green). rode it up to Aly Paly on the weekend and i was blowing like a steam train!

My favourite gear ratio is Jack Bauer.

God's own gear ratio would be something around these
26 :16

30 :17

48:30

44 :27

if anyone wants to build a classical 'Golden' Fixie

48 x 18 not to low and not to high. Sometimes 49 x 19 too!

49x19 because thats the name of my new website?

48/20 spintastic

48/18 on the other side

can't we just use gear inches? it's so much easier to work out in your head how hard or easy it would be to pedal

46:17 52:19 40:15 54:20 all near enough the same gear inches (72) but lots of different confusing numbers

That's Numberwang :D

anywhere between 70 and 80 gear inches, dependent on bike.

65-69GI in the winter
72-76GI normally
86-89GI on the track (i tried pushing 93 on the velodrome and could keep up in a paceline but just didn't have the snap/strength to jump forward and attack)

Im moving my ass from Detroit to flat as shit London, with a 48t ring up front.

So what say you? 16 or 17t cog?

what you riding in detorit... not that it would help me having never ridden there. lot of people ride 48x17in hilly denver im rideing 46x16 and 46x18 on the other bike

grab a few extar da/ phil cogs and you can sell the ones you dont want for atleast what you pay for em.

mr sheldon brown rip. said we should use gear inch instead

im on about 70"

90"

@ repeat

when you get out to england, want to meet up, i will need to be around some one who talks american and spells mom and color right.

It's all about the 50 x 14 in Blighty ;)

46x16 or about 75"

re: your question...16 cog in the rear would do you fine.

repeatclicks flat as shit London

what does that mean?

Hovis Brown 46x16 or about 75"

re: your question...16 cog in the rear would do you fine.

48 x 16 only gives you 2 skid spots :-(

I ride 48 x 19 for spinning fun and 19 spots. Wheeeeeeee!