Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
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Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Awwww.......happy birthday Steve. At least you are finishing early enough to have some
BrianEvesham
Mask is gone!
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- South Littleton, Evesham.
Happy birthday @stevey
A short breeze around the lanes before it gets to hot
http://www.strava.com/activities/152959544
No work for me today
Off to lunch in a Cotswold pub with OH 
A short breeze around the lanes before it gets to hot
http://www.strava.com/activities/152959544
No work for me today
Off to lunch in a Cotswold pub with OH Exile
Senior Member
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- Manchester
@Nigelnaturist I was secretly hoping you'd come along and share your wisdom 
Right now I'm running a 44/32/22 with an 11-30 cassette, RD is an Acera M360 (I think). It feels alright at the low end, generally it'll get me up most hills with a gear or two to spare depending on how much I'm lugging about.
I'm thinking the 32t on a 28/38/48 would give me a similar low end to what I have now but with more opportunity for speed at the top with the 48-11. Gearing and ratios are a mystery to me though so I might have that completely backwards.
Right now I'm running a 44/32/22 with an 11-30 cassette, RD is an Acera M360 (I think). It feels alright at the low end, generally it'll get me up most hills with a gear or two to spare depending on how much I'm lugging about.
I'm thinking the 32t on a 28/38/48 would give me a similar low end to what I have now but with more opportunity for speed at the top with the 48-11. Gearing and ratios are a mystery to me though so I might have that completely backwards.
Kins
Über Member
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- Ystradgynlais, S. Wales
Nope, thats right, large front and small back is your fastest ratio. 44 to 48 doesn't make a huge difference on my mountain bike, but might be more significant on a road bike.
Nigelnaturist
Guru
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- Pontefract
@Exile if you divide the front by the back it gives you the ratio i.e. 44 front by 11 back, gives a 1 to 4 ratio ( 1:4) the same as a 52x13 (which is what I have) so an 22x30 gives you 1:0.73 the 28x32 is 1:0.88, so it is higher geared (on my road bike the difference would 19.5" to 23"), the high end 48x11 is 1:4.36 quite high if you started at 12 it is the same as you have 44x11 1:4 ratio
so you could do 28/38/48 and 11 to 34 or put a 26 front inner ring and the 26x34 is a ratio of 1:0.76, I cant see a 12x34 MTB cassette but I would make one up from two different cassettes
There is a HG 41 34-11, but the quality of the cassette is not to great, there is a H31 11-34 which I guess is worse, the HG51 only goes to 32.
These are the gear inches for a 26-38-48 on 26" wheels.
Your lowest at the moment is 20.4" thats assuming on 26" wheels, your current highest gear is 44x11=104"
if you want to play about try this link.
http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/
@Mo1959 no they haven't, I got an email saying dispatched Wed, but it hasn't shown on my chainreations account as an order, even though payment has been taken, so I guess at best it will now be Monday.
@stevey have a great day.
so you could do 28/38/48 and 11 to 34 or put a 26 front inner ring and the 26x34 is a ratio of 1:0.76, I cant see a 12x34 MTB cassette but I would make one up from two different cassettes
There is a HG 41 34-11, but the quality of the cassette is not to great, there is a H31 11-34 which I guess is worse, the HG51 only goes to 32.
These are the gear inches for a 26-38-48 on 26" wheels.
Your lowest at the moment is 20.4" thats assuming on 26" wheels, your current highest gear is 44x11=104"
if you want to play about try this link.
http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/
@Mo1959 no they haven't, I got an email saying dispatched Wed, but it hasn't shown on my chainreations account as an order, even though payment has been taken, so I guess at best it will now be Monday.
@stevey have a great day.
Exile
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- Manchester
Happy birthday! Hope you're having a good day of it!
Learnincurve
Senior Member
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- Chesterfield
10.8 miles done, got to the cafe in 40 mins, first time took me 2 hours, second time 1:30 because of all the stopping resting and fettling I needed to do.
Goonerobes
Its okay to be white
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- Wiltshire
Happy Birthday @stevey, have a great day.
Exile
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- Manchester
@Kins Good to know I'm not getting muddled. I've only just graduated from talking about gears as "1-6", " 3-3" and so on 
@Nigelnaturist I think I'll need to work out exactly what ratios I'm on now, especially with the gears I'm normally in, and see if I can match them. Great link too, I've found a whole new set of numbers and terms to baffle my colleagues with when the inevitable TdF talk starts
Without wanting to venture too far into the realms of tech discussion here, but I've been tempted to move up to a 9-speed cassette, and I've been led to believe this is as simple as a cassette and shifter swap. Is that the case,or if it's massively more involved?
@Nigelnaturist I think I'll need to work out exactly what ratios I'm on now, especially with the gears I'm normally in, and see if I can match them. Great link too, I've found a whole new set of numbers and terms to baffle my colleagues with when the inevitable TdF talk starts
Without wanting to venture too far into the realms of tech discussion here, but I've been tempted to move up to a 9-speed cassette, and I've been led to believe this is as simple as a cassette and shifter swap. Is that the case,or if it's massively more involved?
Kins
Über Member
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- Ystradgynlais, S. Wales
Depends on what speed your cassette is now. If its Shimano/Sram 8/9/10 hub they can use 8/9/10 cassettes (8 requires a spacer i believe). Rear derailleur might need changing to. Swapping shifters requires a bit of work as you'll have to readjust the cable pull on your derailleur to make the gears shift smoothly.
Exile
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- Manchester
Thanks for the info. I reckon I'll leave it at 8 speed for the moment then. I'm sure I'll find plenty to trip me up swapping like for like let alone adding an extra sprocket to the mix!
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
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- Leicester
Eddington number up to 71 now, need another 6 days for 72
Eribiste
Careful with that axle Eugene
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- Eckington, Worcestershire
I've been out and about on my bicycle getting my body sorted for the Beacon Road Cycling Club's Cotswold Outing on Sunday. I've got the flapjack sorted, the wine gums ready, and a mount for the route cards clipped onto the handlebars.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
assuming you mean rides there, not days... unless you are going to ride 72 miles each and every day for the next 6 days. If so can you please do my metric centrury for me this month... not sure I am going to be fit enough to complete it this month sadly, but will give it a good try later on. Hoping to be back on the bike over the weekend, but it will be a gentle ride nothing more!
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