Gearing for flatland use

For a bike with a granny wheel in front and 9 speeds out back (don't
know the cog count) and flatland use
what gearing would you suggest? I think of myself as a pedal masher.

I'm considering sora or a tiagra cassette unless you have another
suggestion.
weight is not important, durability of the drivetrain is.

tnx

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Anton Success wrote:
For a bike with a granny wheel in front and 9 speeds out back (don't
know the cog count) and flatland use
what gearing would you suggest? I think of myself as a pedal masher.

I'm considering sora or a tiagra cassette unless you have another
suggestion.
weight is not important, durability of the drivetrain is.

Or a SRAM cassette, see what your LBS stocks; all work fine.

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Open every day since 1 April, 1971

kolldata wrote:

http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi...d=642403320134

That's an eight.
OP requested nine.

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www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

think spacing ! add a 32 for ineveitabley the wind shifts from into
the wind from not
260 right ?

try #3 the four middle gears are primo. 3 has it.

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unnnngh LS has downtube shifters for $90

get the shovel....

what you have is-what is your course ? the 4 middle gears shift up or
down in teeth, as a group, depending on the desired course.

On Jan 17, 4:27 am, Anton Success wrote:
For a bike with a granny wheel in front and 9 speeds out back (don't
know the cog count) and flatland use
what gearing would you suggest? I think of myself as a pedal masher.

I'm considering sora or a tiagra cassette unless you have another
suggestion.
weight is not important, durability of the drivetrain is.


I guess you could call me a pedal masher, too. I mean, that's how you
make the bike go, isn't it? You have to push on the pedals,
right? :-)

I use a Shimano HG80 11-28 9-speed, stay on the big ring for all but
the most egregious climbs, and the 28-tooth is used as a pie plate to
protect the spokes (don't go there except once in a while to make sure
it's still there). Front sprockets are twenty-something small ring
(don't go there either), 36-tooth middle ring (I think it is - used
all the way down to the 24 cog for the egregious climbs), and 48-tooth
big ring. On flat ground I never shift off the big ring, except when
parking, and live most of the time on the 12-13-14 cogs. If I know
I'm going to have to stop, I will grab the 16-tooth cog. If I'm not
sure I'll have to stop, I stay in the 14. I like the one-tooth jumps.

On 1/17/2011 12:17 PM, Dan O wrote:
On Jan 17, 4:27 am, Anton wrote:
For a bike with a granny wheel in front and 9 speeds out back (don't
know the cog count) and flatland use
what gearing would you suggest? I think of myself as a pedal masher.

I'm considering sora or a tiagra cassette unless you have another
suggestion.
weight is not important, durability of the drivetrain is.


I guess you could call me a pedal masher, too. I mean, that's how you
make the bike go, isn't it? You have to push on the pedals,
right? :-)

That sound was my spinning instructor having a heart attack.

On Jan 17, 9:27 am, Duane Hebert wrote:
On 1/17/2011 12:17 PM, Dan O wrote:

On Jan 17, 4:27 am, Anton wrote:
For a bike with a granny wheel in front and 9 speeds out back (don't
know the cog count) and flatland use
what gearing would you suggest? I think of myself as a pedal masher.

I'm considering sora or a tiagra cassette unless you have another
suggestion.
weight is not important, durability of the drivetrain is.

I guess you could call me a pedal masher, too. I mean, that's how you
make the bike go, isn't it? You have to push on the pedals,
right? :-)

That sound was my spinning instructor having a heart attack.

I said, "make bike go" :-)