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28T
I worked out what I needed to comfortably climb any hill I'd want to without having to bugger about with the cassette. It gives a similar gear to a 32 with a 42 range extender but isn't a bodge and keeps useful midrange. As my mountain biking tends to involve very little road work it seemed a sensible compromise to loose a bit of top end speed.
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I couldn't cope with less than a 32t on the front. I couldn't spin my balls off that much.
really don't know how you manage to get any speed going down on 28T. I'm spinning on a 32T both on the flat and going down. Won't be long before you need more than 28T!Edit:30kph is only 18mph, it's nothing. You saying you never get to or exceed that? I take it you have a cadence sensor paired to a farming or something that you use to measure all this?
You can use www.sheldonbrown.com/gears to calculate speed for a given cadence.
I can easily spin it out going down and if I wanted to on the flat. It's just for the type of riding I use my mountain bike for that's not much of an issue. Using a 32T ring would only give my 10% extra and I'd notice the loss a lot more when climbing. I can't honestly say I pedal that much when going down hill either and from Strava I'm not slow.
Someone has taken your title of "the big bike thread's biggest girl's blouse" away from you!
Why because he uses a different ratio. Not sure why some people have a problem with what others choose to use. I really like the low ratio fir the days when there is loads of climbing it was a god send for Snowdon and it gets used a lot at lee quarry when I'm knackered.
Someone has taken your title of "the big bike thread's biggest girl's blouse" away from you!
Would you say that if I'd used a 32T with a 42T rear range extender? That actually gives a slightly lower gear
I'm going to assume you ride flats as you never specified.
Teva Link/5.10 freerider + flat pedal of choice.
personally i've found that as long as you have a decent shoe most high quality pedal will hang on in there, just pick a pedal with a nice thin open design and replacable pins and you wont go wrong.
I can tell you my preference but that may not work for you, my choice was Teva Links with E13 LG1+ pedals, havnt dropped a pedal yet, big platform with loads of room and grip for those OH **** moments, plus the pedal has replacable skid plates as well as pins, a bit pricey though.
Teva Link/5.10 freerider + flat pedal of choice.
personally i've found that as long as you have a decent shoe most high quality pedal will hang on in there, just pick a pedal with a nice thin open design and replacable pins and you wont go wrong.
I can tell you my preference but that may not work for you, my choice was Teva Links with E13 LG1+ pedals, havnt dropped a pedal yet, big platform with loads of room and grip for those OH **** moments, plus the pedal has replacable skid plates as well as pins, a bit pricey though.
Got these on my other bike, brilliant grip!
not too pricey either.This is what I was looking at!
Currently have crap Halfords pedals and years old Lonsdale flats, every jump I was landing today almost ended in an off, not confidence inspiring at all! Needs addressing ASAP.
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