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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rear Wheel’
The Intricacies Of Mountain Bike Gears
Posted by Admin on December 24th, 2009
Posted in Articles 
Tags: bike, Bike Gears, bikes, Cadence, Gear Ratio, Gear Ratios, Gears, Good Speed, Intricacies, mountain, Mountain Bike Riders, Pace, Rear Wheel, Rpm, Slope, Sprockets, Typical Mountain, Walking Speed, Wheel 
No Comments »How Mountain Bike Gears Work
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 [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: bike, Bike Gears, Bike Riders, Cadence, Diameter, Equivalence, Gear Ratio, Gear Ratios, Gears, Heavy Load, Increments, Matter What Kind, mountain, Mountain Bikes, Rear Wheel, Rpm, Slope, Speed Mountain Bike, Sprockets, Steep Hill, Walking Speed, Wheel, Work No Comments »