Teeth

can anyone advise me on the best way to reduce my gear ratio. i figure the cheapest way is to cut one from my 16t.

any suggestions on whether hack sawing is the way to go?

i hope you are joking. hacksaw is not the way to go. 2nd hand sprocket is.

how many teeth on a 2nd hand sprocket?

Umm, you are joking right?
Hackswaing off a tooth will not do anything to the gear ratio.
Buying a bigger (i.e. more teeth) rear sprocket will make pedaling easier.
So, maybe buy a 17 tooth rear sprocket, that'll help you.

This is either Epic Mechanical Fail or Epic Joke Fail.. too early to tell..

mate, you must be the one messin' around, how on earth am i gunna ADD a tooth, there's no room.

besides, i want a higher ratio, so i need to take a tooth off

PLEASE be real...

:)

unless maybe its like the Coriolis effect? im in the southern hemi, so maybe its back to front, more teeth the lower the gearing here

hippy, ur an ex pat, was it confusing when you re-located?

I glued an extra one on my chainring and it worked a treat.

can anyone advise me on the best way to reduce my gear ratio. i figure the cheapest way is to cut one from my 16t.

any suggestions on whether hack sawing is the way to go?

how many teeth on a 2nd hand sprocket?

mate, you must be the one messin' around, how on earth am i gunna ADD a tooth, there's no room.
besides, i want a higher ratio, so i need to take a tooth off

Epic brain fail redux.

Note to OP: use an angle grinder.

perhaps i can use an angle grinder to add a tooth of i'm not happy with the result...kind of grind a 'negative' or 'anti' tooth

negative shim the tooth, is th best

@rik wow, they must be really thin

3/32" in comparation with 22.2", so yes pretty thin

Gotta be a joke.

The diameter of the sprocket would remain the same if you removed a tooth. So the gearing would remain the same except you would've introduced the ability for the chain to leave the sprocket and potentially kill you when it locks up the wheel.

To increase the gear you need a smaller diameter sprocket. Smaller diameter sprockets accommodate fewer teeth, hence why a 15t and a 16t would produce different gear ratios.

Removing a tooth does not change the diameter of the sprocket. And if you think you can cut out a whole cross-section and somehow heat it up and join it back together... well, it's nuts and it still wouldn't work as you'd have changed the diameter of the inside of the sprocket and it would no longer fit your hub.

So what you need to do is to purchase a new sprocket, or small diameter... which means purchasing one that already has fewer teeth (with no gaps).

hippy, ur an ex pat, was it confusing when you re-located?

I'm still confused. Thank deity for inverse cogs.

use your real teeth on the sprocket teeth.

If that doesn't learn you, nothing will

Gotta be a joke.

The diameter of the sprocket would remain the same if you removed a tooth. So the gearing would remain the same except you would've introduced the ability for the chain to leave the sprocket and potentially kill you when it locks up the wheel.

To increase the gear you need a smaller diameter sprocket. Smaller diameter sprockets accommodate fewer teeth, hence why a 15t and a 16t would produce different gear ratios.

Removing a tooth does not change the diameter of the sprocket. And if you think you can cut out a whole cross-section and somehow heat it up and join it back together... well, it's nuts and it still wouldn't work as you'd have changed the diameter of the inside of the sprocket and it would no longer fit your hub.

So what you need to do is to purchase a new sprocket, or small diameter... which means purchasing one that already has fewer teeth (with no gaps).

mate, its all about number of teeth, thats why they are defined that way. the more teeth, the lower the gearing

Troll fail as well, can't even get wound up this is so laughable.

the more teeth the less the brain....

that pic shoul be in mane and faces, is where people introduce themselfs

i find the easiest way to loose teeth is to ride brakless on big hills with no straps or clips.