Hi, Brad, what's the problem you're trying to solve? Depending on your conditioning and terrain, you might be able to do your commute just fine with the gearing you have. It's often not good for one's knees to just increase the gear inches to extreme levels (and I don't care what that old Merckx guy might say).
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Brad Kremer <fourrings3@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I have an on topic Olmo. It's currently running 6 gears, on a 52 tooth
> Nervar crank. I'm already on the 15t freewheel with only a 14t in reserve.
> My 20 mile commute is flat. Should I try to find a 53t front ring, or a 7
> speed back end with something along the lines of 11t starter freewheel to
> up
> my caloric output? I'm really not that familiar with gearing ratios and
> things. Trying to keep it original and faster than cars, if anyone has a 6
> or 7 speed with 11t for sale let me know.
>
> Cheers!
> Brad Kremer
> PDX , OR
> Late 80's Olmo Super Sexxyness
> Early 80's Ciocc PDM team time trial
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