could anyone help me out

jamiejammas

ive been riding a fixie for a few months now and im fairly good im on 42/17 and its ok but im wondering what a good ratio is for me i live in southern california (orange county) theres really only 2 or 3 big hills in my area and the rest is flat i'd really appreciate the help

fuzzynavel

jamiejammas wrote:

ive been riding a fixie for a few months now and im fairly good im on 42/17 and its ok but im wondering what a good ratio is for me i live in southern california (orange county) theres really only 2 or 3 big hills in my area and the rest is flat i'd really appreciate the help

To be honest I am not sure how much help you are going to get with this. The question is too open. It is like someone saying "I don't like red cars...which blue one is best?"
What you need to do is get out on the bike and see how easy/hard the local terrain is and then come back and ask a question based on your findings.

Bronzie

If it's fairly flat terrain, you may well be able to ride a slightly bigger gear, but it really needs to be the sort of thing you try out and see how you get on rather than being "one size fits all". It's pretty easy to swap the rear sprocket for a different one.

For what it's worth, I also use 42x17 on mine, but I have no idea whether Bedfordshire is similar terrain to Southern California (although I'm guessing you have better weather ). I've tried 42x16 but found it was just a little too big to be comfortable on for me on some of the climbs.