>From Sheldon in his essoteric gain ration post: >http://sheldonbrown.com/gain.html All things being otherwise equal ... “If the mountain bike has 175's and the road bike 170's, the gear on the mountain bike is really about 3% lower!”
So, there is a 3% loss of power dropping from 175 to 170, and presumably, a similar drop from 170-165. That’s material. Given I don’t have a significant issue with pedal strike on my Quickbeam (and my Hunqapillar has a higher bb and fatter tires), it makes sense to stick with the 175s. With abandon, Patrick -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
