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Shorter gearing on a WR
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[QUOTE="JasonJ, post: 162787, member: 23758"] Hmm, I have 3 gears for the front, 15, 14, and a 13. I have tried them all and like the 13 on my WR 400 the best. First is super granny and I only use it riding in slow group rides. The bike works best in 2nd gear on technical stuff and hill climbs. With a smaller gear on the front you dont get the shorter wheel base, you get a slightly longer one, but if thats the gear you like you can just shorten the chain. I dont like going biger on the back because it cost more, is harder to change, weighs more (unsuspended rotating mass :( ) and to me it seems like it would cause more chain ware cuse the chain guide is so close to the rear sprocket it looks like it might push the chain into an s shape for the bigger gear that is now even closer to the guide. What gear are you running on the front ? Changing the front by 1 tooth dose not give you the fine tunability of going one or 2 on the front, but depends on the final ratio of the two gears. Just a few thoughts. BTW, I ride in the tight woods and coal hills in the east, I would definatly gear up for straighter or faster areas like NJ pine barrens. [/QUOTE]
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