As Drew points out, adjusting the gearing by changing to a larger chainring is the best option. You may need a longer chain so try to time the chainring change with time for a new chain. It will be significantly cheaper to switch chain rings than buy new tires, especially RH quality ones.
If you want to experiment with chain ring sizes, Aliexpress has some cheap options. Once you settle.on the ratio you prefer, invest in a nice quality chain ring for longterm useage. IanA On Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 4:30:00 PM UTC-8 Drew Saunders wrote: You can use this handy tool to test. Here, I’m assuming a 11-36 cassette, and comparing a 32 vs 34 with 42-622 tires. Oddly, there’s no option for 44-622, but RH tires run a bit smaller than labeled. http://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS&KB=34&RZ=11,13,15,17,19,21,24,28,32,36&UF=2230&TF=90&SL=2.6&UN=MPH&DV=gearInches&GR2=DERS&KB2=32&RZ2=11,13,15,17,19,21,24,28,32,36&UF2=2230 Here, I keep the 32, but change to a 54-622 tire: http://www.gear-calculator.com/?GR=DERS&KB=32&RZ=11,13,15,17,19,21,24,28,32,36&UF=2295&TF=90&SL=2.6&UN=MPH&DV=gearInches&GR2=DERS&KB2=32&RZ2=11,13,15,17,19,21,24,28,32,36&UF2=2230 Get the bigger chainring! On Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 8:29:50 AM UTC-8 wboe...@gmail.com wrote: It's hard for me to imagine that increasing your tire size is going to have much (any?) actual effect on speed. Which I assume is what we're targeting here? In my stable, once I get beyond 38mm, I take for granted that those bikes will be slower. I'm not sure I can gauge how much slower 29x2.2 is than, say 650x48. I'd stick with swapping out the chainring and see if that makes the difference you're looking for. You could also shrink your cassette some to get smaller jumps between gears. Will On Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 9:49:42 AM UTC-5 DavidP wrote: Generally the way to increase tire diameter for a given wheel size is to increase the tire width. Do you have room for wider tires? It strikes me that using tire diameter to compensate for drivetrain gearing seems a bit like the tail wagging the dog. What kind of crank and bottom bracket setup does this bike have? -Dave On Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 11:18:29 AM UTC-5 robtw...@gmail.com wrote: On one of my bikes I have 1x set-up. It's currently a 32T up front and the largest I can go is 34T. I think I want to do that as I want to be able to push a little harder. In conversations with my LBS they pointed out I could also go as large as possible with my tires to increase the length of each revolution. I'm currently running 700x44 Snowqualmies (RH). I definitely have clearance for "taller" tires, but I'm at a loss for even starting a search like this. Anyone have recs? TIA Bob -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eadb78e5-c31d-4a1b-b394-800caaf955c2n%40googlegroups.com.
