Every state in America has a highest point. Among those 50 highest points, the highest highest point is about 19,685 feet on top of Mt McKinley. The lowest highest point is in Florida at 345 ft. But there's a song about lowest highest point being in Delaware, and Delaware has the lowest mean elevation, so I always think of Delaware having the lowest highest point.
I'm thinking about pushing my 1x9 drivetrain as low as possible, while still being useful. I'm thinking specifically about a 38 ring, with a 12-36 cassette. I'm wondering if I will hate the drivetrain if my highest gear is only 83.3 inches. So, of all your multi-gear, derailer equipped bikes, who's got the LOWEST HIGHEST GEAR? My current personal lowest-highest gear is on my Atlantis. It's a 40x12 with 700x38 tires, so about 91.6 gear inches. Jan Heine's Herse has a high gear just over 90" and claims to have never been dropped on a descent due to not having a high enough gear. He asserts tucking at over 35mph is always more efficient than pedalling. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
