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@Olly398
Snoops - with a lower gearing your body is able to exert more force (or torque if you like, which is just rotational force) to the road.
You can get up a hill easier (exerting a greater force than gravity), you can skid easier (exerting a greater force than the friction betwixt road and tyre) and you can bust stuff easier (exerting a greater force than a given component is willing to take at that moment in time....)