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  • A quick ratio question
  • c9tln
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    Is there much difference between 22-11/32 and 32-11/34? Thanks.

    ltheisinger
    Free Member

    Not really comparable? Depending on what you are using the bike for would depend on the ratio combination you need.

    c9tln
    Free Member

    Was going to put 11/34 on my 1×9 which has 32 front ring,was hoping it would be similar to the granny and big ring on 11/32 cassette on my full suss?

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    It will make your lowest gear easier by about 4%, so not a big difference.

    22:32 on your full suss is a 0.69 ratio. 32:34 is 0.94

    32:34 is therefore about 35% harder than granny and 32.

    By comparison, you’d be looking at granny and about 23T on your cassette which must be about 4 up from the lowest gear in granny.

    c9tln
    Free Member

    Cheers,that’s a bit clearer,was just weighing up which bike to use for the CVMB challenge.

    ampthill
    Full Member

    I wouldn’t be happy with 32:34 as my lowest gear but 22:32 is fine. You mileage may differ

    32:34 would be like your 22 granny running on a 21 sprocket at the back. On a 9 speed block its roughly loosing the bottom 3 sprockets (loosing the 32, 28 and 24)

    Thinner people may be more optomistic, but that doesn’t change the maths…

    c9tln
    Free Member

    Think I’ll just leave it 32-11/32 then,sounds like it won’t make as much difference as I’d hoped,fully geared bike it will be instead then,no point in making life even harder in the saddle.

    c9tln
    Free Member

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