deadly venom Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 (edited) I did a search to find some information on gearing and I found a lot of topics and learned a lot about what gearing ratios people were using. But what I could not figure out was what type of riding they were doing. The people that posted said that 22/18 was a good gear and some said that 20/17 and a variety of others were great gears. But, are these good for natural, street or both? Now, I am looking to use a set Middleburns with an ENO trials freewheel on the rear, would 22/18 be best gear for natural? Or would 20/18 be better?A second question I have is about the Viz Logic handlebar. I did a search and found some information on Viz handlebars but the information was only on the regular Viz Alloy bar. Is the Viz Logic bar a good trust worthy handle bar? Is it prone to breakage? I read some mixed reviews about Viz components but there was so much joking around it was hard to tell if people were serious or not. I have the same question about the new Viz 26" stock forks. Is it a good solid fork? I did find some information on the Viz fork but it was for the 20" mod version.Ride on,Deadly Venom Edited February 15, 2006 by deadly venom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 22/18 seams to be the daddy, best gearing i'v tried.i quite want to try an eno on the back or maybe the tensile one...... i dont get why more people buy kings than a cheeper rear freewheel, just as reliable etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 20:18 is aceive used loads of gearings 22:18, 22:19, 20:17, 20:18, 20:19 and 16:14im on 16:14 but thats only because i wanted the mini bash otherwise i would have stuck with 20:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 How about actually running gears? Giving you the option to change if you want to power up a bank or just hop across some rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Theoretically......You could argue that you want a lower than normal gear, cos you're not really going to get much of a run up wherver you are. Having said that, you don't want a gear that is so low you wont make that all important gap over a nasty spikey shaped rock I would say stick with a normal ration to be honest. If you find that too stiff however, take it down a notch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadly venom Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks for info folks! I was not sure which gear ratio was for natural. What about the Viz logic bar, have any of you tried it?derf,The reason why I am looking at using the ENO on the rear is because of the price of the Chris King hub. The Chris King hub is almost $400 here in the U.S. And besides, from what I have read riders only use one gear anyway even if their using a six gear cassette.Ride on,Deadly Venom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 22:18, as for bars, get easton ea70s top bars, also found truvativ hussefelt bars to be an incredibly dependable bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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