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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: piper on September 27, 2006, 04:44 PM

Title: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: piper on September 27, 2006, 04:44 PM

Did any of you guys change your gearing depending on the tracks you raced on,this was my preffered gearing what about you guys,Oh and 175mm crank because i`m a bit taller than Spen ;D

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: kdw712 on September 27, 2006, 04:47 PM

I'm running exactly the same on my free agent i use for OS meets
43 : 16 with 175 cranks

felt a lot smoother than 44 : 16so stuck with it

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: harris on September 27, 2006, 04:47 PM

i would change mine many times.short straights ,then for long wouldnt always work out but sometimes.i ran large gear for practice and general riding to build up legs then could push it harder on track,could also make you out pedal the bike which wasnt good.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: wolfybmx on September 27, 2006, 04:52 PM

either 44-16 or 43-16 depending on the track. 43 nice and quick but a little to spinny for the long staight's :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: stidds on September 27, 2006, 04:56 PM

I used to prefer 44/17 or 43/17 but then again I loved to spin.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: DR VINOAH on September 27, 2006, 05:44 PM

bitd i always run 44/45 -18 with 180,s

and i still run it now :coolsmiley:
 

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: region11 on September 27, 2006, 07:45 PM

I rode 43-16, wiv 180mm cranks.  Probably should have stuck to 175mm back then.  Did run 42-16 at some tracks, like Folkestone.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: se on September 28, 2006, 07:12 AM

Did 42-16 at Cockmoor once. Legs nearly fell off. Tracks like that were difficult to gear - all downhill for first half, then flat for the last half.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: piper on September 28, 2006, 09:01 AM

Hey SE(legs nearly fell off) your a mentalist  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: darren on September 28, 2006, 09:53 AM

i used to run 44/45 16 with 185s bitd, now tend to run 43 16 180s.
gonna try some of that new school gearing with the little cogs on my new build.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: dirtyvans on September 28, 2006, 09:57 AM

i used to run from 41-43, mainly 42, i was small but had fast spinning legs :D

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: Flying_fox on September 28, 2006, 06:27 PM

I never change my gearing, nowadays you spend more time jumping and manualing then you do spinning. Its all about the snap out of the gate and thats more down to technique than going up or down one cog here or there.  33/12 all the way, the same as 44/16 but with trendy little ti cogs. I've just gone down 2mm to 177's from 180's, doubt I'll even notice though :coolsmiley:

I rode 43/16 til I was about 14 then it was far too spinny after that.

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: fuzzywig on October 01, 2006, 10:53 AM

43/16 for me 44 is too much effort back up the hill :buck2:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y152/fuzzywig/nutty.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y152/fuzzywig/bikepics006.jpg)

Title: Re: 43; 16 Gearing
Post by: 69ner on October 01, 2006, 11:34 PM

http://www.bmxultra.com/downloads/flash/gearchart.htm