Patrick is pretty close on this one. I can't tell a difference between a 23" low gear and 25" low gear on different bikes. I can tell a difference in 4-5" steps in that range. Also pointing out again, it's a 400' climb at the end of my ride to get home, and the grade his 14% in 4 spots.
Within the cruising range, 70-85", I'm pretty happy in any gear in that range riding alone at any cadence, though having 5-7" steps in that range is important when keeping up with a group. As far as the 1.3" goes, that's just about the difference going from a 32mm to 38mm tire. On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 8:31:05 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Not ~1 gear inch, but I can certainly feel 3 gear inches on level ground, > and in fact have a gear series on the Matthews of single tooth jumps from > #1 (smallest, 14 t to #7, 20 t, and which in the middle goes 70-67-63-60. > 67 and 63 cruising gears (pavement and flat sandy dirt) in the very middly > middle, and total range from 86 to 43 on the 42, with a 28 to get me down > to a not used so far 29". I'm debating whether to drop a tooth all over for > a 13-25, but probably won't. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
