What's your favourite gear ratio?

google 'rabbit gear' for this java one:

http://software.bareknucklebrigade.com/rabbit.applet.html

On my geared bike I tend to be in something like 42-16.. which is 69gi..

salt n vinegar

google 'rabbit gear' for this java one:

http://software.bareknucklebrigade.com/rabbit.applet.html

cheers but aint working

hmm - you may need to install JRE on your computer.

try this: http://software.bareknucklebrigade.com/

49x20 for 66 GI (20 skid patches)
49x19 for 70 GI (19 of yer patches)

Envisage going one tooth less (73.5 GI) - may be the limit for my puny legs.

hmm - you may need to install JRE on your computer.

try this: http://software.bareknucklebrigade.com/

no still not. oh well doesnt matter cheers anyway

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

44:16 = 74 GI, 4 patches
44:18 = 66 GI, 9 patches

^many thanks

48x16

+1
big gears spin on the way down hill,
small gears on the way up,
going fast downhill =win.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/graeme-obree-bidding-for-hour-record-again-21712
138GI. Hard as nails.

Hi I'm new, spinning a 40 x 17. For me kudos goes to the ones who spin the fastest. Its supposed to be better for your fitness isn't it?

I've switched chainrings and moved from 48/16 to 42/16 and for a fatty boom boom like me that change has been a life saver. I'm now really enjoying it.

moved from 49/15, now on 42/15, switched cranks from 165 - 175

lovin it so far.

You can rotate your tires you know

Dangerous Advice Warning - do this and the logos on your tyres will no longer line-up with your valves; you've been warned.

Just swapped out my 44T to ride 46x17, the 13 miles have been great, 44x17 was just getting too spinny, bouncing around in the saddle does fuck all for your fitness.

new bike = new gear.

48 / 18 - free n easy

40/16 on my BMix, copes ok on the commute/pub run and can still ride off road on it.

Before that tried 33/16 could get up the steepest of hills, had a 36t chainring on for a while before that.

52/18 bombing around Basingstoke - über gear. I might drop a tooth to 17 to make 30mph a bit easier.

75.9" is hardly an uber gear..

running on 50/15
bit tough but good for the old legs aha

44/22 today:

Max speed - 32mph

Cruising speed during 10 mile warm-up - 18.8mph

Averaging racing speed - 11mph

42 x 16 with 170 cranks and 700 x 23 tyres.
Cruises nicely at 18-22 mph, and up to 30 just about on the downhills.
A bit of a struggle up the daily 1 in 6, but manageable.

If I lived in a completely flat area then I'd go up a bit, but seeing as I have the daily hill I don't want to kill myself.

Before 47/16 and now 48/18, because my frame isn't a tarc frame and this way I finally got the properly tensioned chain. It's good. Fast enough, but easy on my knees..

53/13 and a 52/11
I seem to cruse at about 18 mph nicely. Must admit pulling away from the lights is hard.
Top speed on a flat sprint 32 mph, at the back of the excel centre.