Re: Gear Ratios on Track.. Help!

Mark J. Ginsberg

2008-06-11

depends on your category, and then having one or two gears near each other for different races (or different days)

my personal opinions, which you can use as a starting point
cat 3- 86 inch gear
cat 1-2 88-92, depending on the event and the person.

Mark Ginsberg

T B wrote: .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } HELP!!!!

I am looking to get into track racing but i dont know what gear ratio to use. Riding the track is not my issue as i ride it many times a summer. I simply do not know what gears to run. I am looking to do the Fast Twitch Fridays, so what would be a good ratio for Match Sprints? Should i be looking for max acceleration or full boar speed or a combination of both? I dont want a gear that ill be maxed out on before the sprint is over do i? And, what would be a good all around ratio for racing on the track?

Thanks for the help!

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