Originally Posted by
Miele Man
I've often wondered why bicycles are sold to the general public, and have a 53 teeth chainring and a 11 teeth cog. I think for the average person a 11, a 12, and a 13 teeth cog are too small. Heck even 52 x 14 is to high a gear for a lot of folks.
Cheers
Yup. Makes no sense. Wasted cogs most of the time. But with 11 and 12 cog cassettes now, I suppose having a few useless ones doesn't really matter.
Even when racing, I rarely used my 12 cog.
Back when people knew how to drive a manual transmission car, you could make the comparison of driving in 4th or 5th gear all the time, instead of shifting to a lower gear so the engine was at a better rpm.