Scilly Suffolk
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^^ +1 
Gears- when to move front chain ring
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snailracer
Über Member
You should avoid the NuVinci hub, then - infinite gears!
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Ive done the gear calculator as well: http://www.gear-calculator.com/#KB=42,52&RZ=14,16,18,20,22,24,28&GR=DERS&TF=120&UF=2099&SL=1.9
OP
OP
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Senior Member
- Location
- Uttoxeter/Charente
@Matthew T So you just have to drop one rear cog....nice!
Steve
Steve
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
I work to very simple plans because anything complicated troubles my mind. As follows:
1. I pretty much always start in amiddle-ish gear of the small chainring (only 2 on a road bike, as God decrees).
2. Once I'm up and pedalling, I like to pedal at around 95-100 rpm. So I cog up or down to get there.
3. Much over about 19-20 mph I might whop it onto the bigger chainring.
4. I prefer not to get the chain too crossed, so I avoid where possible running on big/biggest or small/smallest.
5. Getting back out of the big chainring is the funky one; I sometimes don't want to drop that far, so I do 'both thumbs together'.
6. For a short change of gradient, I don't bother changing and just pop up off the saddle.
7. For all the technical wizardry of indexed gears and ergo levers, I often just change to any gear that's 'a bit higher' or 'a bit lower'. It's not very scientific.
8. As long as I'm moving at a decent pace and my knees are moving at a good speed, I figure the gear must be about OK.
9. In my whole life I don't suppose I've gone all the way up or all the way down a set of bicycle gears. I prefer just to go 'click... whirrr... that'll do.'
1. I pretty much always start in amiddle-ish gear of the small chainring (only 2 on a road bike, as God decrees).
2. Once I'm up and pedalling, I like to pedal at around 95-100 rpm. So I cog up or down to get there.
3. Much over about 19-20 mph I might whop it onto the bigger chainring.
4. I prefer not to get the chain too crossed, so I avoid where possible running on big/biggest or small/smallest.
5. Getting back out of the big chainring is the funky one; I sometimes don't want to drop that far, so I do 'both thumbs together'.
6. For a short change of gradient, I don't bother changing and just pop up off the saddle.
7. For all the technical wizardry of indexed gears and ergo levers, I often just change to any gear that's 'a bit higher' or 'a bit lower'. It's not very scientific.
8. As long as I'm moving at a decent pace and my knees are moving at a good speed, I figure the gear must be about OK.
9. In my whole life I don't suppose I've gone all the way up or all the way down a set of bicycle gears. I prefer just to go 'click... whirrr... that'll do.'
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
No need to start in the lowest gear, unless your on a steep hill. I used the gear that kept me going at 10mph as an 'on the flat' starting gear and worked up from there. As that was middle front ring and about midway through the cassette it was easy to find it as i stopped too.
