On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
Actually I'm at 91 gear inches right now (26x1.5 tires on my road ride) and it's not enough, I spin out regularly. 48x12 will give me 99" which should hopefully be enough -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
