Single Speed?

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flag kinged
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:04 Quote
So i'm going single speed on my bike, ille most likely be riding a lot of street and dirtjumping. What size teeth should I get for the front ring. I was thinking 13 and somewhere between 25-30 on the front. Would this be alright for what i'm trying to do?Confused

Ide like it to be as if I was in the gears 2 on the front and 5-6 in the rear(normal de-railer)

Anyone out there have any suggestions?2 cents
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:16 Quote
Anyone out there ride single speed who can help me out?
flag sikkbike21
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:19 Quote
tvsucksrideabike wrote:
Anyone out there ride single speed who can help me out?
yea go to a 32 on the front and a 17 on the rear that is a good setup on my bike
flag d-petrovic
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:19 Quote
run a 30 tooth in the front and a 16 in the back, that way you wont need a tensioner
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:25 Quote
manikrider15 wrote:
run a 30 tooth in the front and a 16 in the back, that way you wont need a tensioner
Okay, my buddy has that set-up on his bike but a 13 tooth on the back and it runs fine, ide like something around the same but a little easier, would the 16 tooth make it easier?
flag d-petrovic
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:37 Quote
ya it perfect for everything
flag freerider-for-life
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:44 Quote
what size wheels do you have? i run 32:12 gear ratio with a 24" rear wheel
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:49 Quote
freerider-for-life wrote:
what size wheels do you have? i run 32:12 gear ratio with a 24" rear wheel
I ride 26" on both front and back
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 19:55 Quote
freerider-for-life wrote:
what size wheels do you have? i run 32:12 gear ratio with a 24" rear wheel
So would that be a good ratio or would the 30:16 be better?
flag spanky33
Posted: Oct 5, 2007 at 22:20 Quote
the easiest way to find out what gearing to run is to calculate it, this is done by taking the number of teeth on your front sprocket and dividing it by the number of teeth in the back, then multiply by wheel size. normal gearing is about 55, the higher the number the harder it is to pedal, so for you if you have a 25 tooth front sproket run a 12 in the back, but you need bmx cranks to run a 25, for reg mtb cranks you can go as small as 32 teeth, so any where in the 14 to 16 range is perfect
flag charliewashbrook
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 3:26 Quote
rite peeple. firstly, the ideal gearing (recomended) is 36-16 so work it out from that, ie. 32-14 etc. secondly dont buy hanger style tensioners, they look shit and u mite aswell just have a deralier!

play around with slightly different cog sizes on the rear and get either a whole halflink chain or just 1 or 2 links, that will sort out tension issues.
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 7:31 Quote
f*ckthewankers wrote:
rite peeple. firstly, the ideal gearing (recomended) is 36-16 so work it out from that, ie. 32-14 etc. secondly dont buy hanger style tensioners, they look shit and u mite aswell just have a deralier!

play around with slightly different cog sizes on the rear and get either a whole halflink chain or just 1 or 2 links, that will sort out tension issues.
So 32-14 would work and I wouldn't need to change over to bmx cranks?
flag charliewashbrook
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 7:34 Quote
i cant promise it will work but thats the recommended gearing, jst get a half link if u have problems with chain tension.
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 6, 2007 at 7:38 Quote
Alright thanks
flag kinged
Posted: Oct 8, 2007 at 10:51 Quote
Would 32:16 do it, and does anyone know a price range on a 32 tooth ring?
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