# New concept: Total Gear Ratio

**URL:** https://unicyclist.com/t/new-concept-total-gear-ratio/101143
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/new-concept-total-gear-ratio/101143 "2008-08-20T15:28:18Z")
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### Author: ![saskatchewanian](https://unicyclist.com/user_avatar/unicyclist.com/saskatchewanian/32/1424_2.png) [@saskatchewanian](https://unicyclist.com/u/saskatchewanian)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://unicyclist.com/t/new-concept-total-gear-ratio/101143/23 "2010-03-12T03:30:31Z")

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I did up a spreadsheet and colored in the similar values for easier visualization of similar gain ratios. The comments at the bottom are just what I think the various ratios would be suited for. The chart also demonstrates the jump in wheel sizes between 29 and 36. I wonder if that gap will ever get filled?

 ![](https://unicyclist.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/9/5994ae1544bb1e182eb2d635a36007719de9fe13.jpeg)

I used nominal values for the wheel sizes and a gearing ratio of 1.5 for the geared numbers but it should be good enough to give people a good idea of what kind of gain ratio they have in various setups.

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