What gear range do you use.
What gear range do you use.
I was looking through my bikes and their relative gears and made a list. Just wondered what others were using?
Bike / Low (inches) / High(inches)
Touring 20 / 89
Commuting 25 / 125 (I know)
Winter weekend 28 / 110
Summer weekend 38 / 116
Bike I keep in Cornwall 41/110
Bike / Low (inches) / High(inches)
Touring 20 / 89
Commuting 25 / 125 (I know)
Winter weekend 28 / 110
Summer weekend 38 / 116
Bike I keep in Cornwall 41/110
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Gillott fixed
59/59
41 seems a bit high, is Cornwall less hilly than home?
80 top is quite enough for me
59/59
41 seems a bit high, is Cornwall less hilly than home?
80 top is quite enough for me
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Mercian 116/24
Moulton 135/16
When I modified the Chopper for JOGLE, it was 78/22
Moulton 135/16
When I modified the Chopper for JOGLE, it was 78/22
Mick F. Cornwall
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Tourer 29/73
Commuter 27/108
Tandem 24/108
Folder ?/?
Although that's more a case of what they have than what I use, especially the commuter.
Commuter 27/108
Tandem 24/108
Folder ?/?
Although that's more a case of what they have than what I use, especially the commuter.
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On fixed, I have three gears:
- sitting
- standing
- walking
I find that range sufficient.
- sitting
- standing
- walking
I find that range sufficient.
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Commuter: 31-102. I can easily go lower by changing cassette, should I take it somewhere hilly.
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Cyril Haearn wrote:
41 seems a bit high, is Cornwall less hilly than home?
No, there's loads of hills many of them pretty steep, although nothing very long as the highest point in the county is only 420m high. I bought a compact chainset and a longer cage rear mech about 5 years ago so I could put on a wider cassette but have never got around to fitting them. I'll probably leave it until I start to find the current gearing hard going.
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Low:- 9.4" -> High 176.2"
I win .......
I win .......
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7 machines. All 6 on gears have the range 24-92 whether it is on a triple based on 8 speed or an Alpine double based on 10 speed: the fixed wheel is 64.
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Tigerbiten wrote:Low:- 9.4" -> High 176.2"
I win .......
Not yet
What is your minimum speed?
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Hi,
Bigger is always better
Last road bike ride...Dartmoor Classic Sportive 100K.............46 - 96 a gold medal finish time
Bigger is always better
Last road bike ride...Dartmoor Classic Sportive 100K.............46 - 96 a gold medal finish time
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Tigerbiten wrote:Low:- 9.4" -> High 176.2"
I win .......
Not yet
What is your minimum speed?
It's a bent trike so 0 mph is so easy, I can just sit there while clipped in ........
It's also the reason I get away with the silly high and low gears
Rolling backwards is more 'fun' because I tend to jackknife the trailer in a few yards ...........
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Re: What gear range do you use.
Tigerbiten wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Tigerbiten wrote:Low:- 9.4" -> High 176.2"
I win .......
Not yet
What is your minimum speed?
It's a bent trike so 0 mph is so easy, I can just sit there while clipped in ........
It's also the reason I get away with the silly high and low gears
Rolling backwards is more 'fun' because I tend to jackknife the trailer in a few yards ...........
Don't forget the extraordinary gear called *flinstoning*, I added that to my vocab thread, diolch
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Re: What gear range do you use.
whoof wrote:Bike I keep in Cornwall 41/110
Sir Chris Hoy is on the forum .
On another thread someone said the were wary of cycling scotland due to the close contours. But when I went around it the hills varied from long drags to perhaps 10-12%. Cornwall on the other hand seemed to have some very severe gradients( 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 ) following the coast like the fingers of an outstretched hand you'd drop into a place then have a seriously steep climb out. So 41 inches as lowest gear is very worthy of respect.
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Is it OK to say I haven't a clue and probably don't care? (Should I revoke my forum membership?)