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Topic starter
Ratios,
Am I man enough?
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:26 pm
Topic starter
Same?
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:28 pm
Sheldon Brown's gear calculator is your friend .
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:29 pm
are those the number of teeth on the front chain rings?
30-40 would be a harder set of gears than the 26-36 set but there would be some overlap.
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:30 pm
30-40 would be a harder set of gears than the 26-36 set but there ...
's more or less nothing in it.
literally less than an inch.
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:35 pm
's more or less nothing in it.literally less than an inch.
but 30-40 is slightly harder than 26-36.
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:38 pm
yes, [u]slightly[/u].
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:42 pm
[s]Sheldon Brown's gear[/s] A calculator is your friend .
FTFY
30/40 = 0.75
26/36 = 0.7222
No need to overcomplicate things.
Posted : 13/03/2014 4:56 pm
yes, slightly.
Indeed, but the OP asked if 30-40 was easier. The answer is no, but it's only very slightly harder.
Posted : 13/03/2014 5:26 pm
maybe useful: 30/41 = 0.732, 30/42 = 0.714
So about 1.5teeth difference, around 3/8 to 1/4 of a gear in it at that end of the cassette. Less than half a gear difference
Posted : 13/03/2014 6:54 pm
Topic starter
Not a lot harder to pedal then. Maybe I'll go 32T and a top chain guide.
Posted : 14/03/2014 12:35 pm