Couple of things -
First, the percentage of change. 2 teeth is a much greater percentage of change in the small cogs
Secondly,practicality as you get into steep climbs. Typically you don't really care about one-two tooth increments in the big cogs. You just need a gear, any gear.
One tooth increments are far more noticeable when you're trying to fine tune a gear selection and cadence on flat roads when you're using the smaller cogs.
And soft pedaling enough to change cogs should be easy. It's shifting chainrings that is hard.
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07-02-2008, 08:10 AM #27
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