What's the best number of gears?

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betty swollocks

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1 or 14
Fixie or Rohloff.
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Advantage with more gears is you can keep that close ratio, and still have some usefull climbing gears.....

I like one tooth jumps, but for general stuff, those two tooth jumps at the larger sprocket mean you can get a nicely spaced block with upto a 27....(10 or 11 speed) that said, I have only just fitted a 23 to the 'best bike' - the Ribble has a 7 rear with a 21 max....
 
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I do most of my miles on my fixed, use it for transport and winter club runs. I have a Dawes Giro 300 which gets used for summer club runs and has 8 on the back. I seem to spend most of my time on the middle three cogs, it has a 44/39 on the front and 13-23 on the back.
 

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
Both bikes have 11-32 cassettes. On the MTB it means loads to choose from, and easier to work on cadence.

The hybrid is a 36/50 compact double. I can just about get up the steepest hill round here on it, and find the top end is too low. Legs run out of contact at about 38mph. I am seriously considering tripleising it.
 

Saddle bum

Über Member
Location
Kent
When asked why I had a bike with 30 gear ratios, I told him I coudn't get one with 31, (then). I don't really need more ratios, just more legs.
 
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