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What Gearing For A 24"?


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HOLY roller?

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High roller

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Holy roller

I'm thinking of buying the top one.

High roller's are really sticky tyres which are great for natural but really aren't much cop for a more streety setup. Go for something like a DMR Moto or Holy Roller instead unless you're planning riding rocks and comps etc.

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22-16 is such a nice setup. I just went form 22-17 to 22-16 on my inspired thinking 1 tooth less wouldnt make that much of a deal......it didnt, but it just feels soo much smoother now, just spot on!

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I like 22:18, but then I used to run 22:19 on a stock.

With 170mm cranks I can spin the cranks fast enough to get the speed for pretty much any move I do. And because its a fairly light gear it doesn't hinder my gaps/sidehops.

As for tyres I've run various combos on moto Rt and diggers, tioga comp X and maxxis tyres of the years, but for the moment I'm happiest with schwalbe racing ralf on the front and a moto digger on the back. It would be nice to have a rear tyre that folded a little less, and had better puncture protection, but its a price I'm willing to pay for light weight fast rolling high volume tyres.

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Is the whole riding style and technique of riding a 24 different from other trials bikes?

IF you mean to say, do I have to learn how to do things differently, no - trials on a 24" bike is just the same.

24" riders seem to include a lot more flowing techniques. Bunnyhops, manualling, rolling gaps. But these are all tricks you can do on a stock or mod. :)

You can learn some BMX tricks and throw them into your riding, but no-one's making you do it. Aener on here, owns an onza zoot, and he rides more traditional trials on it. Although he does occasionally have his chris akrigg style nuts moments.

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Running 18-14 at the mo, and really fancy a harder gear, went to the skate park the other day and I couldn't clear the box for shit because i couldn't build up enough speed, all the riders there were supprised by how high i was going but still couldn't clear the box, I used to piss all over it on the bmx due to speed, even missed the whole land ramp once.

So what to do? Will 18-13 be a better comprimise of being more usefull in a park, but still being able to do some more "hoppy" stuff. Or do i just go the full hog and get a 12 and just build up power in my legs? Dave how do you find 18-13?

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I usually run 18:14, but after snapping a chain on Sunday I had to stick it into 18:13 for the rest of the day and wasn't a fan. I tend to ride quite a lot of slower stuff so it's nice to have a slightly lighter gear there for that, though I'm sure I could get used to it after a few rides if needs be.

If you want it all round and ride a bit ore park then go for it - you can always change it back if needs be ;)

Going to go ride some park on it later I think, see how it feels for that. Marshall seems to like it and does pretty well with it though!

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18-13 is more than hard enough. I used 22-16, which is 1.375, for a while, and it was possible to do hoppy stuff, but not massively easy. 18-13 is harder than that though.

So do i just stick with 18-14 and hope for tail winds at the park? because I still love doing the dirty S word on my inspired.

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Erm... you might want to try 13, if you can get it for free, just to see what it's like, but it will be mighty stiff. I found that I was too used to 22-17 that when I got on my back wheel, it used to put me off because it was like doing everything up a slope.

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What would the equivalent of 22:19 be with an 18t up front?

The equivalent gearing (so feeling the same) on a 24" to 22:19 gearing on a stock will be 18:14 (Y)

The closest ratio would be 18:16 or so, but that's not taking into account the change in wheelsize

Edit; this is assuming you're meaning the equivalent of 22:19 on a stock, else you'll be waaaaaaaaay too spinny!

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