View Single Post
Old 07-21-20, 07:49 PM
  #24  
frizzen
Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Posts: 38

Bikes: 1955 Hercules Royal Prince Fixed Gear

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts
Originally Posted by JamesFromBusan
What’s your preferred gear ratio and why?
I got my fixed gear bike out of the garage for the first time in about 25 years when the quarantine started and I've been riding it almost every day since. It had a 46/16*(27 1/4" tire) = 78". I was struggling with this and switched to 46/17 = 73". I probably should have started with an 18T, but the 17T feels great now. Mostly flat terrain, just some easy hills.
frizzen is offline  
Likes For frizzen: