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Jay In Milpitas · 12-29-2017, 04:59 PM

With all the speculation of an 87 mph top speed, it seems most posters are in USA (as I am) and accustomed to interstate speeds. However there are few other countries that have the cruising situation we do.

So imagine you are Zongshen and building a New Bike For The World, how are you going to gear it? Gearing lower will also give the engine more (effective) pulling power for the unimproved roads that are likely to be encountered in a majority of places. Sprockets can be swapped cheaply for freeways blasting.

In the days I was racing, I had at least 6 sprockets (over the two on the bike) to allow for fast versus slow tracks. For each bike. And a small bin of master links and chain bits.

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Jay In Milpitas Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Milpitas, CA. USA Posts: 775	Too slow for which country? With all the speculation of an 87 mph top speed, it seems most posters are in USA (as I am) and accustomed to interstate speeds. However there are few other countries that have the cruising situation we do. So imagine you are Zongshen and building a New Bike For The World, how are you going to gear it? Gearing lower will also give the engine more (effective) pulling power for the unimproved roads that are likely to be encountered in a majority of places. Sprockets can be swapped cheaply for freeways blasting. In the days I was racing, I had at least 6 sprockets (over the two on the bike) to allow for fast versus slow tracks. For each bike. And a small bin of master links and chain bits. __________________ Horse holder at Madame Orr's House.
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