Stupid Question

Ok, so starting to get into this track thing, been down to HH for a few Saturday training sessions and feel like I need more speed.

so currently run 47 x 14 gearing, do I put on a bigger chainring or basically just spin faster?

Do a lot of time trialling where I push bigger gears but that's a whole different ballgame

Shame it's closing for a few weeks :(

90" is ample. Pedal faster.

i run 48/15 and is fine

Thanks

RPM was that you who gave me a push yesterday in the intermediate session? I'm the tall thin guy in London Phoenix on the White Felt?
Thanks for that :)

It's not a stupid question at all. As RPM says, 90" is fine for HH, although it's probably towards the top end of what you can run. It sounds like you to learn to spin faster, which can come through regular riding but you can also train specifically for this.

Thanks

RPM was that you who gave me a push yesterday in the intermediate session? I'm the tall thin guy in London Phoenix on the White Felt?
Thanks for that :)

Not me! I wasn't there yesterday. Must have been some other good looking young man.

Thanks hopefully I can learn to spin faster and at my age(46) it might not be a bad thing for my knees

Aim for 100rpm (on the flat) on your road rides.

You can also do little gear sprints on road or rollers for max cadence work.

Pedal faster, or run a smaller gear. Last year, although I tried stuff up to 47x14 in training, my top speed was reached whilst running 47x15 (38.5mph, 157rpm).

@BMMf jez, how'd you keep your back wheel on the ground at 157rpm???

TBH, it's harder keeping the front wheel down if you're kicking hard into the banking to ramp up the revs from fast to faster.

I've had my back wheel get very skittish riding at 200rpm downhill on the road in a 67.5" gear, on an unforgiving alu frame :O

This seems like a decent place to ask. I can't find a good thread in the track section on gearing.

I'm running, 48/15 on my Felt right now, the stock gear, however I find it's a little small and have been advised it's a bit small after a chat with a coach last night, from my riding.

I see some people here run 48/15, would they be able to spin better?

I've been told 49/15 is a better gear to be in?

Is one more tooth on the chainring going to make a noticable difference?

Changes the ratio from 84 to 86. But that's kind of my question.

Is this for Herne Hill?

Yeah.

There is no right or wrong, you just need to work out what works best for you. I've tried 50x15, 49x15 and 47x14 and tend to go for the latter as the kind of racing I'm best at, endurance mass start events, needs sustainable speed rather than accelerations.

Is there a good article on and explaining different gearing for different events? I understand the basics, but something more indepth.

As andyp says, you really just need to work out what works for you in any event you take part in. Other factors will come into play - how strong you are feeling on the day, how strong the wind is, whether or not you are behind a derny!...etc etc. If you find that 48/15 is "a little small", try 49/15 and go from there.

49/15 felt a lot better. Odd such a change can help, gave me some extra room in the finish.

However, I was talking with one of the coaches about gear inches, him saying it was 88'. Looking on rabbit gear calculator this is with 27' wheels not 700c.
What is correct?

Going by 27" is standard for working out gear inches on the track. Obviously it'll be different to your actual roll out on 700c wheels but it's just a short cut to describe a gear combination at the end of the day so it doesn't really matter.

Are we talking just in a training context?