Gearing

[Tom Booth]

Im thinking of changing from 22-18, to 20-16. To improve my chainline, because most road cassettes come with 16tooth as 3/4th gear, and dont have an 18 tooth in there.

And I have noticed that 20-16 is a tiny bit harder...

22-18=1.2222222

20-16=1.25

Will this difference be noticable?

Im running 175mm cranks if it makes any difference?

Cheers

Tom

[Janson]

if you think about it, yeah.

I went from 1.2 to 1.14 and I can tell, but didn't affect much.

So basically, you'll feel that it's different, but it won't hinder anything.

[Tom Booth]

I was'nt sure if it was going to be noticable, with it only being a minute difference. But I'll try it, if I dont like it I will source an 18 out and go back to 22-18

Cheers

Tom

[Dan-Walker]

you wont like it, it is a heavy gearing...for trials anyway....too heavy.

[Ash-Kennard]

my god, I rode 22:19, then got my bash machined down so then I was on 20:17, but thought that was too harsh so went to 20:18, I found that to be perfect, try it out.

20:16 is just plain stupid, far too harsh

[PaRtZ]

your top speed will now becom 3.8 mph instead of 3.95mph

no i don't know btw lol

i noticed a .5 of a change in gearing though

[Tom Booth]

Just ordered a 20t front cog, recon I'll try 20-17, Comes out a little lighter then 22-18, but it should be ok

Cheers

Tom

[trials_pimp]

unless you suffer from retarded legs it will make sod all difference

Just try it and if its not good, use and 18 again.

You do realise you can move the cogs around at the back to get a better line

[JT!]

It's a mere 2.2% change.

And it's slightly harder gearing, so it'll match with your might long penis cranks.

I'd say go for it, plus you'll have a much lighter setup which is not a bad thing.

[Tom Booth]

unless you suffer from retarded legs it will make sod all difference

Just try it and if its not good, use and 18 again.

You do realise you can move the cogs around at the back to get a better line

Yeah, but a cassette that runs 12-13-14-15-18-16-17-19 Wont really work well....

Will it?

Tom

[Brian Bleech]

i went from 22-18 to 20-16 and yeah you can feel a tiny difference, but its so small that it won't affect your riding anyway. running 165 cranks too.

imo its a great gear for streety trials.

Mike

[Onza Kieron]

I run 18-14 and don't feel it's too hard, different people have different preferences, just try afew and stick with what you like most, other people's preferences won't match yours in most cases.

[nmt_oli]

my god, I rode 22:19, then got my bash machined down so then I was on 20:17, but thought that was too harsh so went to 20:18, I found that to be perfect, try it out.

20:16 is just plain stupid, far too harsh

No its not ash! until a couple of weeks ago i was running 20:15, then nick gave me a 16t sprocket, so i am now running 20:16. it is better, but i dont think i would like to go much lower. i like harsh gearing for some reason.

[Ash-Kennard]

Your just wierd.

also olly, you like the old skool shizzle

[spunkey_monkey_boy]

i doubt you'll notice the difference to be fair! i've gone from 18:17 to 18:16 and can notice the difference but not in a big way, am thinking of going down to 18:15 for a bit more power...