Timeline for Resistance for different gear ratios
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| May 28, 2020 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1266066803358392320 | ||
| May 28, 2020 at 6:06 | answer | added | Michael | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 28, 2020 at 5:59 | comment | added | Michael | Efficiency of some gear combinations is very slightly lower (like 1 or 2%). Especially for internal gear hubs. | |
| May 28, 2020 at 5:58 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 28, 2020 at 0:45 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Does it help to consider a car gearbox/motor? The motor has a "preferred" or most-effective speed, and going faster or slower than that is sub-optimal. The gearbox lets the motor stay near its best speeds. Same goes for a bicycle. | |
| May 28, 2020 at 0:42 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 27, 2020 at 22:05 | answer | added | Adam Rice | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 27, 2020 at 22:01 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | It takes a certain amount of energy to move a bike 100 feet. In a low gear (large rear sprocket) you turn the pedals around more times to get 100 feet, so there is less energy required per turn of the pedal. | |
| May 27, 2020 at 21:56 | answer | added | Nathan Knutson | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 27, 2020 at 21:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 27, 2020 at 21:44 | history | asked | Teraivtyli | CC BY-SA 4.0 |