What gear ratios are you all using?😀

[jonnyboy666]

on my modern stuff i have a mix.

p7, running 27.5 x 3 tyres, 32t ring, 11-46 11 speed, off road this is fine, i don't need the 46t next time it'll be the 42 top.
orange 5, running 27.5 x 2.3 tyres,12 speed, 32t ring, 10-51 cassette, again, don't need the 51, but the smaller ratio was not available when i built the bike.
kona kila honzo, 27.5 x 3 tyres, 12 speed, 30t ring, 11-50 cassette, will be changing to 11-45 next time

i should add i am in a flattish area and i spin quite well as opposed to pushing big gears, i avoid road riding on these bikes as much as possible so having easier gears is fine for me, i rarely spin out, on flat tarmac i find i am usually one maybe two gears off top gear if i'm spinning.

 

[synchronicity]

You like big phat tyres eh?

 

[canny colin]

46/ 36 / 24 triple on an old rigid mountain bike . Seven speed good for ruff stuff ,never seams to wear out . Great range of even steps
5O/ 4O/ 28 Triple on a 1978 diff drive ken rogers trike its on 650c on the back , seven speed STI lever It struggles for traction, even on mildly moist hills . So I need a good range of well spaced gears .
48/ 38/ 26 Triple with 8 speed on a flat bar tandem . Old mountain bike levers are just bomb proof
I have a 46/30 8 speed double on a 1951 Claud Butler fitted with a trike conversion axel . The old T.A cranks look the part . But I don't like a cross over drive system . The range is to small . Unless you go for big steps, I don't like the big drop on the front clanger . Eats chains ,for a trike
For me simplex retroshift levers on kelly mounts with a triple take some beating for reliability, ease of set up , smooth and quite running , and very cheap to maintain . My new to me, touring trike is getting the same treatment.
I have a titanium Audax bike which came with modern STI levers 50/ 34 ,ten speed . when the 105 STI blew its brains out , I fitted an 8 speed triple 48/ 38/ 28 with simplex levers . Far better and more satisfying to ride . Lot cheaper to run . I build up my own cassettes to get what I require. 50/11 muppet territories .
You can never have enough extra low gears . when its blown a gale in your face and you are peddling squares .

 

[synchronicity]

As for me, I pretty much got all the tight ratio cassettes I want. Now I'm just tweaking the chainrings a bit to get the optimum gear ratios.

I'm using an old XC bike with slicks and rigid fork for the time being for training while I gain some fitness and lose some weight.
It was set up with 22/33/44T triple. I changed the 11-32T 9 speed cassette for a 12-21T.
Now that I am able to push those gears somewhat easier than before, I'm upping the inner and middle chainrings to 24T and 36T. And dropping the outer to 42T to encourage me to use the big chainring more. I may convert it to 10 speed in future to give me an extra cog. Then I'm thinking of putting in a 28T inner and leaving it at that.

I'm finding it's kinda tricky as my fitness improves...

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Then for my road bike (or one of them), I had it set up with a 'compact' 33/53T as everything is either up or down in Tenerife. For example I'd ride up the main Mt Teide climb in the 33T, then at the top change –once– to the 53T for the downhill. It was perfect!!

But now that I'm here in Australia, I think that gearing is going to be totally inadequate for the majority of riding that I do.
I've decided to get a 46T(!) outer and probably start off with a 36T inner (although can't afford that one yet). Then may move back up to a 38/48T or 50T eventually. I just don't think I'm going to be able to push those massive big gears anymore. I'd rather have more usable gears I think. On the back is a 12-27T.