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Over the last few weeks I have brought the cog and chain I needed to overhaul the transmission on my Pearson, I also brought a new chainset with 165 cranks, I've been running 170's. Last Sunday the rain kept me in so I fitted the parts, the 46x18 I fitted dropped the gearing about an inch, 69 to 68, was running 44x17. I've had a blast commuting on it this week. The changes haven't slowed me down at all, I'm just spinning a little bit faster for my speed, running 18-22mph at max, and working a little harder. Hills feel different, I'm going up them about the same speed but I'm working differently, I thought I would be working harder but I don't seem to be, it just feels different. The biggest difference is in descending, I'm a lot more comfortable, it feels easier and its a lot better. The bike feels like a totally different animal in this configuration and is more fun to ride.