ACOLDTO1L3TS3AT Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Im currently running a 17/41 setup right now. I heard the bigger the sprocket in the front and smaller in the back = more top and less low end, and smaller in the front and bigger in the back = more low end and less top end, but that dont sound right, like it should be vice versa... so what exactly is true? Like, if its a small gear in the front and big in the rear it might take 1 full rotation of the pinion to only spin the rear wheel 1/3 of a time, where is if it big in the front and small in the rear one full pinion rotation will make the real wheel spin 2 times kind of thing? What would you do if you wanted more top end or low end persay? Just a little input please. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekr8885 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 yeah bigger in front smaller in back is for more topend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What you herd was correct. Low end. Drop the front sprocket size or increase the rear sprocket size. Top end. Increase the front sprocket size or decrease the rear sprocket size. Go ride a 18 speed bicycle and try out the gears. Seeing and feeling it in your legs is believing. The other part of gearing is having the HP to turn the high gearing. You can run a 18 T (verry large) front and a 38T (really small) rear but if you dont have massive power to turn the gears you will probably pickup speed by droping to a lower gearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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