I don't think the op meant to criticize the gear set upMy old orange MTB is 3 x 8 and works fine. I take it up mountains a few times a year
It shows that really you can ride anything that gives you the range of gears you need and changes smoothly. I don't go in for single chainrings on mountain bikes as I like to be able to get up long climbs and still have my knees intact !
I would have said - actually I have said many times before:
ohhh, brilliantwheredidyougetitfrom,what'sthemake,what colour,whereisit,showmeapicture .... you coming for a ride?
27/34 makes much more sense to me
It seems hard to believe now, but I'd had a bike with derailleur gears for over 5 years before I discovered it was quite a good idea to count teeth.27/34 makes much more sense to me
Joking aside, a beginner would not know about gear ratio, I remember when I got my first triple, from a 5 speed, I had to ask the LBS how to work them.
Well, one starts with a bike, just for going to work, really one only wants wheels that turn, brakes that stop the bike.
lubed, chain monitored, cassette changed every three chains ...There was a poster on YACF (possibly the splendid Malvolio, who was out for a ride on his fixer with his increasingly frustrated and grumpy daughter. "It's all right for you" she said "you've only got one gear. I've got 21 and they're all wrong."
1 x 12 and you need a mortgage for the cassette12 gears? 5 speed?
It's like I have a radio receiving signals from 1983...
How'd you describe something similar mounted on a hub gear?
Well I've a 42-52-62 and 11-28, mounted on a five speed hub gear!
