Gear - Inches chart for reference
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I like this for the same reason I like slide rules: it gives you a sense of just how important (or unimportant) accuracy to the 4th decimal point is.
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Sheldon brown one cuz it's straightforward and clearly shows percentage jumps between each shift
And the "HTML gear calculator" because it's so flexible, you can change stuff on the fly and easily visually compare two setups, a great tool. Doesn't display percentage jumps clearly though, which is nice to know.
And the "HTML gear calculator" because it's so flexible, you can change stuff on the fly and easily visually compare two setups, a great tool. Doesn't display percentage jumps clearly though, which is nice to know.
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Whenever I want to look up that stuff I just work out each ratio with my pocket calculator. It's faster than using a chart if you include the time I'd have to spend looking for the chart.
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Thanks for posting that as it contains good info to know. Unfortunately, maybe I'm the only one, but I have to confess that I find my ability to read or understand that graph/chart a bit visually challenging. It's not the gear feet concept info but the chart that is confusing.
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Thanks for posting that as it contains good info to know. Unfortunately, maybe I'm the only one, but I have to confess that I find my ability to read or understand that graph/chart a bit visually challenging. It's not the gear feet concept info but the chart that is confusing.
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For graph challenged types, such as myself, I like this calculator. BikeCalc.com - Bicycle Gear Ratio Chart
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Thanks for posting that as it contains good info to know. Unfortunately, maybe I'm the only one, but I have to confess that I find my ability to read or understand that graph/chart a bit visually challenging. It's not the gear feet concept info but the chart that is confusing.
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I love this gear calculator. It takes a little time to get used to it, But once you do in an instant you can see where the ratio's between any # of gears and chainrings are to large and where they overlap. You can even set the max chain angle to show only the gears with minimum cross chaining.
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It's true what they say "A picture is worth 1,000 words" or in this case, Numbers.
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It's true what they say "A picture is worth 1,000 words" or in this case, Numbers.
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Thanks for posting that as it contains good info to know. Unfortunately, maybe I'm the only one, but I have to confess that I find my ability to read or understand that graph/chart a bit visually challenging. It's not the gear feet concept info but the chart that is confusing.
I never used a slide rule like Wizard of Boz mentioned, but I did spend many hours using a cardboard E6B flight computer back in the day.
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Which 26" wheel size does the chart reference? Which 20" wheel size? What about 700/622? Etc.
I vote for online gear calculators.
I vote for online gear calculators.
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For graph challenged types, such as myself, I like this calculator. BikeCalc.com - Bicycle Gear Ratio Chart
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Yes, got that, but it then lists every ratio for every potential chainring between 30 and 46. That displays a lot of useless info as nobody has that type of system. It wants to just show the ratio for the 1,2 or 3 chainrings used, as Sheldons gear calculator shows.