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Hi RedYaris, I haven't tested in real steep hills yet but I suspect it's fine. With the stock gearing 1st gear was almost unneeded. The bike still accelerates very well and I think I can go taller as the bike pulls well at ~5000 rpm. I'm sure I will need to downshift more frequently going uphill or accelerating out of turns than before as I was running around in 6th gear almost all the time.
Sendler, Thanks for the link! This will help a lot in looking at the feasibility of taller gearing without physically swapping gears.
Looking at the ratios : 45/14=3.21 vs 41/15=2.73 2.73/3.21 = 85% , so a 15% reduction of rpm currently. Pretty large but I think I can go higher. I can hardly wait to test this gearing out some more and get some results. Its raining very hard right now so to be continued....
best wishes, L&S
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