{"id":45798,"date":"2025-11-18T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovecyclist.me\/?p=45798"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:06:06","slug":"everything-about-gears-and-1x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovecyclist.me\/en\/everything-about-gears-and-1x\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Ratios, Decoded: Why the Age of 1x Has Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On any group ride, there’s one question that always comes up: “What gear are you in?<\/strong>“
\nWe shift without thinking most of the time, but the moment you try to match the rider in front of you, or wish for just one more cog on a climb, you suddenly start caring about your gear ratio. Gear setup reveals a rider’s legs and style \u2014 which is exactly why cyclists get fired up the moment the topic comes around.<\/p>\n

This time, three LOVE CYCLIST core members got together: Tats, Ryuji, and Mei.
\nTats and Ryuji are on the edgier side, both already running 1x setups on their road bikes. Mei, meanwhile, is the brute-force type who declares, “I just adapt my legs to whatever gearing I have.” With three riders this skewed talking about today’s gear-ratio landscape from their own angles, where does the conversation go? As an extension of mid-ride chatter, we dug into all things gear ratio.<\/p>\n

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\u2190Mei<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Currently based in Melbourne, where she builds her life around the bike and enjoys blending the local community with her own style.<\/span><\/td>\n		\u2191Tats<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Editor-in-chief of LOVE CYCLIST. Enjoys unpacking the road bike and sports bike industry through a marketing lens.<\/span><\/td>\n		Ryuji<\/strong><\/a>\u2192
\n<\/strong>After a career spanning cycling magazine editing and apparel brands, he now runs his own company in Ehime while staying actively involved with cycling.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Edit \/ Tats<\/strong>\uff08@tats_lovecyclist<\/a>\uff09<\/span><\/p>\n