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I have on my bike packing bike at the minute 11/42 with a 30T up front its on its last legs so considering 11/46 with a 32T now thinking 32 for a bit move varvar vroom on the flat how does the top gear compare when climbing easier on the 30 or 32 not a gear ratio wizard so any useful insight would be good
Compare both setups side to side, all will become clear.
Also consider an oval ring - I reckon worth half a chainring size at either end in terms of effort.
There you go - a bit easier in the big sprocket and obviously a bit faster at the other end.
30/42 0.714
32/46 0.696 so easier gear
Cheers 🙂
Have a look at a Sunrace 46t cassette, less of a final jump between gears than Shimano.
Pondered the Sunrace option Scuff but heard of problems when back peddling and low on stock in the normal outlets!
What wheel size?
Ratios are sort of meaningless in isolation...
29 plus up front 😉
27.5 plus in the rear 🙂
Ratios are sort of meaningless in isolation…
If it's the same bike and just a swap it doesn't matter
Have you got clearance for the bigger ring. On my longitude I have to space the ring over so far to get a decent chain line that a 34 or 34 oval won't fit!