| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
MY BRAIN HAS TOTALLY FRIED....WHAT IS THE FORMULA FOR FIGURING
GEAR LENGTH?????
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1469.1 | VERVE::BUCHANAN | Bat | Fri Mar 30 1990 20:31 | 4 | |
(chain ring / freewheel cog) * wheel diameter
generally just use 27" for any road bike (english 27" or metric 700 C)
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| 1469.2 | examples | ENGINE::PAULHUS | Chris @ MLO6B-2/T13 dtn 223-6871 | Mon Apr 02 1990 14:11 | 7 |
Examples: 53 chainwheel into 12 freewheel =
(53/12) X 27 = 119 gear inches (LeMond)
24 chainwheel into 34 freewheel =
(24/34) X 27 = 19 gear inches (Paulhus) (|;-)
- Chris
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