Basic gear question - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

07-17-2004, 10:33 AM

This is a real basic question, hopefully not a target for petdowns from
know-italls but here it is.

On a bike with many speeds, three chainrings, it is not mechanically good to
cross chain.
Do you have the same ratios with cross chaining?
I mean obviously you work your way in for low gears and out for high gears.

Do the ratios cover crosschaining, or is it that much different depending on
the crank gear you use?

No reason to cross chain is there?

Someone asked me, that's what I told them, just so they wouldn't crosschain,
but what do you guys say?

Thanx