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Originally Posted by brawlo
That would be gain ratio, which is obviously personal depending on your crank length and also your wheel size and tyre size. The gearing charts are a nice basic way to compare gears to gears. If you're picky, most of the available tables reflect a nominal 27" wheel rather than the now most widely used 700C wheel. Gain ratio only really matters if you're comparing one person's gears to another person's. If you're looking at your own, the other factors outside of chainring/cog cancel each other out
ok, just curious as I frequently get asked about gearing to compare to others, but nobody seems to ask about crank length.

Having ridden bikes with like or higher gearing and short cranks there is definitely a noticeable 'easiness' from riding shorter cranks (even 5mm)..
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