Gear Talk / Re: 9 speed or 10 speed for my new bike build up?
« on: August 12, 2015, 11:13:02 am »I find all the gearing below 20 inches some what perplexing. So I am grinding up hill using 20 inch gearing and now have to dive towards the side of the road. No way I can spin fast enough to maintain control of the bike and stay out of the ditch!!Well SlowAndSlower, you are not living up to your nom de plume.
22x36@90rpm yields around 5mph on my 29er tires. Balance and control is not particularly difficult at that pace.
Well I don't think I am capable of sustaining 90 RPM as I'm seeing more like 3.5-4.5 mph. The problem of balance and control comes when you suddenly are going downhill and not uphill at that gearing. I'm not saying anything other than I have this issue and concern.