What's your favourite gear ratio?

48x17 here

Eight pages of people giving the gear ratio's of their bikes?

What a waste of the internet.

Yes but what ratio do you ride?!

48:19 here,

excuses: Birmingham is hillier than london, i have a high cadence.

lol, nah its a nice gear, 19 skid patches too which is beneficial.

above poster... 45 miles a day, you can't call anyone a pussy.

180 miles is just a long day on the bike mate!

above poster...

Wha??

Do you not go through tyres pretty quick with that ratio. 50:20 = only 2 skid patches I think.

You can rotate your tires you know

Aye, no bother appart from a broken chain and some seriously haggard brake pads. The weather was ace, it was fucking epic. Here's the pics - http://www.londonfgss.com/thread28330.html#post904886

You didn't do it brakeless? HTFU :)

Wha??

lol, not you buddy, the guy about 5 posts above getting his boast on. :)

just discovered my chain on s/s has stretcted enough (1/8" kmc [not kool]) to allow me to remove halfink and chain tensioner and voila! magic gear 42/16 so 70 GI

wondering how long i will be in this blissful state.

39:15 gives me about 70 gi and is just about right for hilly cornwall - on a nice light bike, you can just about grind up any hill thrown at you, but not feel silly on the descents. Although I might drop a tooth at the back in a few months if my training has paid off and i am a likkle bit fitter ;)

just gone from 46-16 giving 75.6 gear inches to 46-20 giving 60.4 gear inches.

quite a big difference and i've always preferred a slower cadence as i've got pretty strong legs but i'm really enjoying spinning like a madman and it seems to be working my cardio harder too!

spin to win!

My roadie SS is set up with 48:17 which is fine for most stuff. It came with 48:16 (81") which I also liked but I broke 2 freewheels and when I got a decent one they only had 17 in stock.
On my normal geared (is that a dirty word round here?) road bike my normal cruising gear is 53:19.

i run 48/19 to keep it skidpatchy and light, but i've been toying with the notion of weighting it up a bit. is it easier in the winter here (i'm canadian and not used to shitty rainy winter with no snow) to go spinnier or heavier? :/

i've got a 21 at home, just seems much too spinny to take out there, although if the rain is really gonna pummel me i might consider it.

I'm considering what to use for my Trainer when I get it. I'm thinking lower (currently 48:16) till I can build up strength.

I currently ride free on the road but will be fixed on trainer to work on cadence and, well there doesn't seem much point in coasting indoors.

22 - 48 Perfection

49:16

Hills are a struggle though.

rather partial to a 50:19 at the moment...

urrrm, is 52-16 a stupid first ride? I'm discovering, yes.

urrrm, is 52-16 a stupid first ride? I'm discovering, yes.

That's 85.4 GI, ideal for pootling around town.

A super spinny 39/16 here. Might have to change...

Hmm I got stung on a new bike purchase not realizing that a 44x18 would be far to easy to ride anyone wanna swap an 18T for a 16T?

A super spinny 39/16 here. Might have to change...

I had that exactly, changed to 39-14 a couple days ago and yeah, I do not look like a fan anymore.

48/17 and 50/20

44x18 ss and crying because it's too damn easy even on the uphill, hopefully switch to a 16T sproket and then treat myself to a 16T fixed when the next pay check comes in to use on the flip flop.

44x18 ss and crying because it's too damn easy even on the uphill, hopefully switch to a 16T sproket and then treat myself to a 16T fixed when the next pay check comes in to use on the flip flop.

Keep the 18 freewheel and run a 17 fixed on the other side for the best of both worlds; optimised gearing on fixed, a bail out gear on the other side just in case.

can someone give me the link for the gear calculator? or just tell me what they are for 44:16 and 44:18 and skid patches

many thanks