The Relationship Between Gears and Mountain Bikes

Bikes are very common transportation vehicles in ourexample, if the diameter of the bike's rear wheel is
daily life. With people's increasing awareness ofabout 26 inches, one full turn on the pedals will make
environmental protection, most of them choose to ridethe wheel cover about 81.6 inches of ground. If your
a bike rather than drive a car. Bikes are made ofspeed is faster, obviously, your bike can cover more
many different components, among which gears arewith the same time. To get the faster speed, you
quite important.should change your gear ratio. Riding under the
There are various kinds of bikes, one kind of bikes isdifferent conditions require the different gear ratios.
called mountain bike. Maybe it is not quite familiar to usAs is known to all that mountain bikes are mostly used
Chinese, it is very common for foreigners. Today Ion the slope, so many bike riders like to choose a front
would like to talk something about the mountain bikessprocket which is suitable for slope they are always
and gears.riding on for actual use. Many of you may have the
Gears in mountain bikes are becoming more and morechance to climb a hill with your mountain bike, in such
complicated in them. In front of these bikes, there aresituation, it is better for you to choose the smallest
three different sized sprockets, while in the back theresprocket on the front then shift between the nine
are nine. They are combined to produce gear ratios.gears available on the rear.
And today's mountain bikes have as many as 27 gearAs dispensable components, gears are rather
ratios.important to mountain bikes. It is true that there are
Many people should have the chance to ride a bike.various kinds of gears for different mountain bikes.
When you rotate the pedals one turn, the rear wheelGears have a close relationship with the speed,
would rotate one turn as well (1:1 gear ratio). The usewithout them, the whole bike may not function well at
of the gears is to allow riders to crank the pedals at aall. It can be concluded that gears are necessary parts
constant pace no matter what kind of slope your bikefor mountain bikes. They will move the pedals and help
is on.you build up speed.
The speed of bikes is related with gear ratios. For