I have to say that I sit on both extremes of the cadence spectrum, since (a) most of my riding on pavement is fixed gear, and (b) I hate shifting only to find that the gear I've shifted to is not exactly the one I wanted. (But I'm someone who does obsess about gear ratios for fixed gear drivetrains.)
For multiple gear systems, I prefer to give up high and low ends in order to get 1 tooth jumps between gears in the cruising range. One of my nicest gearing systems, back when I rode derailleurs on road, was a "pseudo-half-step" with very closely spaced 48/45 or 47/44 rings and a 7 speed cassette that was something like (forget exactnesses) this: *48* *45* 12 99 13 91 86 15 79 74 *17* *70* *66* 19 63 59 22 54 51 30 37 Most of my riding was on the 17 t cog, and, with Kelly Take-Offs, I could ride comfortably on hoods and in hooks and simply flick the left lever back and forth for 9/10 of my riding; perfect indexing. The 12 and 30 were used only with the outer and inner rings, respectively. More recently, I've got this on my Matthews "road bike for dirt, with 29.5" actual Big Ones for riding in our ABQ, NM bosque sand: *42* *28* 14 89 15 83 16 77 17 *73* 18 *69* 46 19 *65* 43 20 *62* 41 22 56 38 24 52 34 28 44 30 The ratios are perfect for my riding, which is along the acequia roads and trails paralleling the n/s, flat terrain, Rio Grande, whose surfaces are composed largely of old river silt. But since any ride is at least partly pavement, I like the close ratios that allow me just about exactly the right gear for anything I am likely to encounter on my pavement/dirt routes; note that all this is also relative to my preference for a high-ish gear, low-cadence, high-torque pedaling style. But then, even with these systems, I probably shift less than most riders. On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM, jandrews <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > I does make me curious what others may think is the ideal spacing between > cogs when climbing and shifting down while attempting to maintain a somewhat > constant cadence. > -- 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.
