Road Bike Granny Gear
This makes the lowest gear 24x32 20 3 gear inches 25 lower and the highest 48x11 118 gear.
Road bike granny gear. Salsa pony rustler 27 5 1 11 30x42t 20 7 gear inches niner rlt 9 steel 700c 35mm 2 11 36x32t 30 6 gear inches. Why not call em man i cant make this hill with my knees intact gears. That s great news if you re working with an older bike or a current sora level gear system. Where you plan to travel the terrain your experience how strong you are as a rider and of course how much gear you re lugging around.
A downside is the excessive size of the rear cassette. When in granny gear limit yourself to the largest two or three cogs. Replace the crankset for example with a 48 36 24. Keep an eye on the road ahead and shift before you have to.
They ll have road bike shifters a touring crankset road bike front derailer a mountain bike cassette and a mountain bike rear derailer. When on the inner or middle ring only use the inner two thirds. 8 mar 2013 2 top. As long as we re being cerebral about it granny gear refers strictly to what gear you ve selected in the front.
The granny gear is the smallest cog on the front crankset of your bike. Gear ratios on touring bikes depend on a number of factors. This makes the lowest gear 30x36 22 5 gear inches 12 5 lower and the highest 52x12 117 gear inches. I rarely ever use my granny gear combo but there have been days where i am so thankful that i have one.
If you haven t already become best friends with it you may need to start. This gives a nice broad gear range that works well for cruising fast on flat roads but also with very low gears for hauling your heavy touring load up a mountain. Someone suggested it but being new to all this im not sure what good or not worth while. Cycling despite what most on this board may say is a sport of individual effort against a previous accomplishment made by yourself.
I m about to buy a bike without one and i m a little bit scared about it not really the best at hills as strava will testify. Is it worth putting a granny gear on a road bike. Each shows the bike wheel size and drivetrain on the left then the granny gear ration front x rear and gear inches. Road bike wheels buyer s guide videos a high gear sometimes referred to by cyclists as a big gear is optimal when descending or riding at high speeds.
Therefore you wouldn t be adding all teeth currently in use in the drivetrain.