ted's advise is sound and it helped formed the basis of my choice on my new-to-me 50cm "Mini-beam". I rode my 650b Sam in the 46/18 combination without shifting on my regular route and settled around 66" as a good all around gearing. I ultimately chose a 46t Sugino RD crank with an 18t White freewheel on one side, with a 19t fixed gear on the other. Not having much experience with a fixed gear, an easier 62" gearing is what I felt comfortable with at this time.
On Thursday, March 13, 2014 5:34:34 PM UTC-4, Lee Chae wrote: > > I want to say (and could easily be wrong) that historically Schwinn geared > their single-speeds at 65 gear inches. So, I used that as the basis for all > of my single-speeds and now fixed gears. To paraphrase Ron Lau, good enough > for the newsboy, good enough for me! > > Lee > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, ted <ted....@comcast.net <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Absent a one speed w/ a bag of cogs and rings the best way to see what >> gear is right for you is taking carful note of what gear works on a geared >> bike. After that adjust for wheel size/roll out, do a bit of math and you >> should be real close. It seems to me that whats right depends tremendously >> on the rider and after that the surface (i.e. dirt vs pavement). Personally >> I go with abt a 70 or 72 inch gear on my Simple One (running Jack Brown >> tires). >> >> >> On Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:42:12 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Tom and Dan. It's pretty much unanimous. Somewhere in the mid >>> 60s is a good thing to try for my "normal" gear. My climbing gear depends >>> on what I can push. For sure this 38/35 and 16/19 will be my first shot at >>> it. >>> >>> On Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:39:39 AM UTC-7, Pudge wrote: >>>> >>>> 40 x 17 on my QB with Jack Brown 33s >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
