Rexlion
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Tulsa metro
I shall elucidate. The LMTD has a 44T chainring, 11-32T cassette, 27.5x2.4 tires. Bikecalc only has 27" tire selection, close enough... it shows a range in gear inches from roughly 41 to 118.As far as the gearing is concerned, that's something that can often be set up according to your priorities. If the bike isn't geared low enough for you, a smaller chain ring (front gear) can be installed pretty easily. Issue there being you may not be able to keep up with the pedals at higher speeds. Like a lot of things, there's a compromise.
Then, there's the freewheel (rear gear cluster). If the derailleur is working properly, allowing the chain up onto the biggest gear, having a tough time understanding how you might need to go much lower than that to pedal home under a no power scenario. Any bike I've been on you have to pedal like mad to go anywhere in that gear. That should be PLENTY low enough?
Compare that to my Trek Pure Sport 21-speed with 28-38-48 chain rings, 14-34T cassette, 26x1.95 tires which yields a range from 21 to 89 gear inches. That low gear (21) versus the LMTD (41) is huge. To get comparable, I'd have to mount a 24T chainring on the LMTD which would give me a range of 22-64 gear inches, and that's totally ridiculous on the high end.