Originally Posted by
JehD
Where I ride I'm either crawling along at 4-5 mph and the 34 tooth 1st and 24 tooth 2nd work pretty well. IF I'm on the pavement and its flatish 3-4-5 work pretty well but if there is a down grade 6-7 just don't seem to be enough so I found this.
DRIFT MANIAC E-Bike Freewheel 7 Speeds 11-28/11-34T Teeth EPOCH
THe Old gear was 34-24. 22-20-18 16-14
New Gear is. 34-24 21-18-15 13-11
This should give me what I want. Ideally maybe an 8 speed would be better but I would need a new shifter as well. It seemed a little pricey vs a Shimano but at $30 not out of he ballbark. Anyone have one of these guys Thoughts, comments criticism?
Discuss.
I notice your old lowest gear is 14 tooth sprocket. I wonder if you bought the new cassette with the 11 tooth sprocket. I have found that sometimes the smaller sprocket brings the chain closer to the drive side chainstay. This can cause the chain to bounce much more off that chainstay. This gradually knocks the paint off and in the case of an aluminum bicycle can start sawing the chainstay. A lot of derailleur bicycles have some sort of chainstay protector. This is the only caveat I could think of for changing to the smaller sprocket in back. Let us know how it worked out.