
Originally Posted by
homer
Just not long changed the gearing from 15/41 standard , to 14/43.
the bike ran fine at this gearing but round town it was reving to high for 3rd gear and to low to use 4th gear .
i have now changed the front sprocket back to a 15 tooth and now the final gearing is 15/43.
this seems to far better over the 14 front sprocket .
now round town is a third gear down to 2nd at times ride .
i can still use 4 th gear at 60 km and its fine up to 90, top from 90 km .
Has anyone else found this to be better than the 14 / 43 that most change to .
Most people just change from the stock 15/41 to 14/41 till the original chain and rear sprocket wear out. After that 15/43 with the option of 14/43 seems to be a good compromise on ratios and chain/sprocket wear.
Transalper and I (when I had my DR) really liked the 15/43 ratio for adv riding from slower speed trails to road running. Nordie in Nelson likes the 14/43 ratio but he does a lot more hill work and less 1+ hour runs along straight highways. I'm not sure where you are based but if you have to do much highway running I'd be using the 15/43 ratio most of the time and if you are going to do any knarly stuff chuck the 14 front on. There is a 13 tooth front that can be made to fit for the extremely knarly stuff but you will probably be wanting a 250 at that point. Get in touch with Far Queue about the 13 tooth if you are interested in one.
Cheers R
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