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Irish John
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I have built my Grubee HuangSheng from the kit supplied by Bicycle-Engines.com but I kept the 44T sprocket I had on the rear wheel. This goes beautifully on the flat at about 30 mph but is no good on hills and the engine splutters and struggles when I have to pedal at speeds of less than about 10mph. I could put a 48T sprocket on or the 56T sprocket that came with the kit but I fear that the 56T will be very slow on the flat.
Has anyone got experience with different sprocket sizes on the rear wheel. I've read about people using 38T sprockets but that would surely struggle on a slight incline. It is a long and messy process to change sprockets and then lengthen or shorted the chain to suit so I am interested to know from others experience before I go ahead and use a 48T and then the 56T if I have to.
I am not that heavy - about 85 kilos. The bike is a Schwinn cruiser.
Has anyone got experience with different sprocket sizes on the rear wheel. I've read about people using 38T sprockets but that would surely struggle on a slight incline. It is a long and messy process to change sprockets and then lengthen or shorted the chain to suit so I am interested to know from others experience before I go ahead and use a 48T and then the 56T if I have to.
I am not that heavy - about 85 kilos. The bike is a Schwinn cruiser.