Remember when you didn’t think about the gears on your bike? Your bike had a bike sprocket connected to the pedals and a small sprocket connected to the back wheel an that’s all you needed. Then you got a little older and got your first 10-speed. That bike had two sprockets up front and five [...]
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Tips To Understanding The Basics Of Mountain Bike Gears And How They Work
Posted by Admin on December 26th, 2009
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Posted by Admin on December 24th, 2009
When you choose mountain bike, it is a good idea to learn more about the gearing systems. This article will explain more about how those systems work. Mountain bike gears are continually becoming more and more complicated and intricate. Today’s bikes can come with up to 27 gear ratios. It is common for a mountain [...]
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Posted by Admin on December 23rd, 2009
The gears in mountain bikes just keep getting more and more intricate. The bikes of today have as many as 27 gear ratios. A mountain bike will use a combination of three different sized sprockets in front and nine in the back to produce gear ratios. The idea behind all these gears is to allow [...]
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