Hi Edwin, You pose a great question...and you deserve respectful answers. You didn't mention your bike frame size, the terrain (hilly, steep or flat-ish) and the comfortable (OR NOT) speed you like to ride. Us SS'ers tend to be more of a solitary sort, or ride with others similarly "geared". If you are riding solo, your knees will be your guide. On my fixed or SS bikes on pavement and only moderate grades, I feel low 70's in gear inches is the sweet spot.....again, that's on pavement. I also may be longer legged than you and ride with longer length cranks. Asking some of this advice is like asking how much salt or pepper to sprinkle on your food....we do not know. Your comfort and pace is paramount. Changing the front ring is not the way to go....you won't feel or detect the differences. Keep your 49 up front and try a 20 in the back. We don't know how fatigued you were with the 19...only you know that. Once you get to mid 60 inch gearing, you'll feel like you are spinning too many revs to get to where you want to go.(unless you are climbing, climbing, climbing) Happy trails! ~JRW
On Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 7:48:11 PM UTC-5 Gregger wrote: > As someone who is always messing about with SS gearing, I can't really > notice a 2 gear inch change, but can begin to feel 3 inches; and > definitely will notice with a 4 inch change. For what it's worth. > > I like to have two single speed bikes available in my garage - a taller > gear when I've limited time (or it's really cold) and I want to put in a > good work out quickly. And then another bike geared 4 or 5 gear inches > lower for those beautiful sunny days when I want to be out sputtering along > all afternoon. > > > > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 7:23:46 PM UTC-5 CMR wrote: > >> Do you have a multi-geared bike you can compare to? Even if you have a >> different chainring size you can often find something comparable. >> >> On Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 3:16:05 PM UTC-8 Edwin W wrote: >> >>> I am running my Roaduno with 49/19, 40mm (or so) tires, 165mm crank, >>> which works out to 70.5 (fixed) gear inches. >>> >>> I was thinking of making it a slightly easier gear. For those that have >>> experience in small changes in fixed gear gearing: >>> >>> I would love to hear about your experiences in changing gearing. How >>> "big" is a jump from 70.5 to 69 (48 tooth)? to 67.6 (47 tooth)? >>> Or to 66.9 (20 tooth rear cog) or 63.7 (21 tooth cog)? >>> >>> I know these are subjective differences,. I was trying to think about >>> how to better quantify it but I was not sure how to. I would like it a >>> little easier but don't want to be spinning too hard! >>> >>> Let me know what you think, >>> >>> Edwin >>> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ba7d7cc3-ea91-4c2d-86d1-76474226470fn%40googlegroups.com.
