Granny Gear

[jowwy]

What is it? why? and doesn't all bikes have one

 

[Ningishzidda]

A chainring with less than 32 teeth.

 

[jowwy]

A chainring with less than 32 teeth.

is it? or is it not?

 

[youngoldbloke]

"Granny Gear
Slang term for the smallest chainwheel on a triple crank set.
Note that this term is not a general term for the lowest gear of a bicycle, but specifically refers to just the smallest chainwheel on a crankset with more than two chainwheels."
- Sheldon Brown

 

[Leodis]

*makes mental note never to go down to granny gear on way home*
Well you gotta MTFU aint ya sucka.

 

[numbnuts]

My granny is 22 and she saves me walking or pushing as in my case

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

My granny is 22 and she saves me walking or pushing as in my case

Mine too. It means that hills like this are rideable, albeit not very fast: Link

 

[Ningishzidda]

My son’s Granny was riding a 40” low tourer when she was 74. It was a 38 x 25. Some men?? too young to buy a drink in a pub can’t ride up a 12% without a gear lower than this.

Maybe we should rename the small ring of a triple, the ‘Wet behind the ears whippersnapper weakling’ gear?

 

[Friz]

One of my old partners:

"WTF? You soft soppy bollix! Granny gear is NOT your friend!"

That runs through my head anytime I "accidentally" slip into the 22.

 

[fossyant]

Granny gears are lower than a 39 chainring

 

[jowwy]

My son’s Granny was riding a 40” low tourer when she was 74. It was a 38 x 25. Some men?? too young to buy a drink in a pub can’t ride up a 12% without a gear lower than this.

Maybe we should rename the small ring of a triple, the ‘Wet behind the ears whippersnapper weakling’ gear?

maybe you shouldn't make assumptions on why people need a granny ring

 

[Hacienda71]

Granny gears are lower than a 39 chainring

Jenkins Chapel to Pyms Chair

 

[Ningishzidda]

Seeings as the General Issue adult human being has 32 teeth in their gob, less than 32 constitutes what superannuated euthanasia candidates folks might have.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Seeings as the General Issue adult human being has 32 teeth in their gob, less than 32 constitutes what superannuated euthanasia candidates folks might have.

If you say so , but that kind of bravado didn't help the 500-odd riders who ended up pushing their bikes up Asterton Bank on the first ever Ride Across Britain.

 

[PK99]

What is it? why? and doesn't all bikes have one

Cream cardigan and fluffy pink slippers.
Not very good for cycling in.