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Frank Lee · 05-02-2011, 12:37 AM

It's pretty standard to assign 3% loss to a gear set... but if it's on huge gears it could be more. For example if I put a GV on my bicycle I'm sure it would feel like more than 3% more effort to pedal through it, ratio change notwithstanding.

05-02-2011, 12:37 AM	#45 (permalink)
Frank Lee (: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: up north Posts: 12,762 Blue - '93 Ford Tempo Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US) F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 90 day: 18.5 mpg (US) Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US) ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate 90 day: 33.65 mpg (US) Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon 90 day: 21.24 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,585 Thanked 3,555 Times in 2,218 Posts	It's pretty standard to assign 3% loss to a gear set... but if it's on huge gears it could be more. For example if I put a GV on my bicycle I'm sure it would feel like more than 3% more effort to pedal through it, ratio change notwithstanding. __________________