Adam Maas wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oh, geez. I feel like a wuss now. My lowest gear is a 40-34 and I use >> it. A lot. Once the tourer is finished it will be 28-34. That's 22" >> of hill-climbing goodness. :) >> > > You feel like a wuss? my HIGHEST gear on my road ride is 44x12, and > that with 26" MTB wheels. Lowest on that ride is 32x25 as I've got the > 22t granny locked out. > > I really need to buy a 48t 94bcd ring for that bike (Biggest ring you > can get in 94bcd). > That's a 95" gear, which to me sounds plenty high for city riding. I don't see someone needing anything that high even for off-road or hills with a load. If you're riding rural road without a load, or if you're trying to spin down hills, you might need something higher.
The tourer will have a 48-13 for the high gear (100"). I don't anticipate using it much. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

