peter wrote:
> Building a low maintaince 26" wheeled hack bike fitted with a 7 speed internal hub geared sachs
> spectro 7.
>
> No knowledge of hub geared bikes so need advice as to a reasonable size (No of teeth) for the
> front chainring, suitable single ring crank sets and chain for such a bike?
Depends on your gearing needs/desires and the wheel size. I have an on-line calculator that will let
you compare various options with more commonplace gearing setups.
See:
http://sheldonbrown.com/gears
and:
http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/internal.html
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