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Question posted by 1rgteaby on September 23rd, 2016

Changing Gear Ratio

I would lik to gear my meridian down. Where can I buy a smaller sprocket

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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on September 23rd, 2016 12:03 PM

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Lots of bikes have a front derailleur, allowing more than one chainring. Some bikes have a single front chainring and no derailleur.
They're called chainrings rather than cogs (which are at the back).
There are typically either 3 or 2 chainrings on the front crankset.
If there are 2 chainrings, there are two 'flavours': Compact (with smaller rings, eg: 50 tooth and 34 tooth) or Standard (with larger rings eg: 53 tooth and 39 tooth)

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