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I looked at the 2 threads I found on gear ratios, and it seems that the assumption is that spinning is better for your health, and your knees. But what if you can't spin (which is based on cardiovascular fitness)? If one has asthma or defective lung function, and can't spin, should they use a high gear and basically never have a good top speed?
I can't spin (never could, never will), but my 48x17 is just undergeared for me. I'm sick of blokes looking like 100 years old overtaking me on their geared bikes. I should slay them with my acceleration and then top speed, but I spin, and in two seconds I am the one that becomes the 100 year old, gasping and wheezing like my time has come.
I need a bigger gear. Would a jump to 48x15 be too much of a step?