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:I had the 39 tooth rear on for a while and enjoyed "seventh gear" and 8000 rpm freeway cruising. However, this came at the expense of a serious lack of torque from a dead stop. If you lane split through traffic, then end up at a red light, when the light turns green you might find that the cars you just passed can make up all that ground while you're trying to get moving. It's both unsafe and humiliating at the same time.

:Another drawback is that if you run 14/39 you'll run out of chain adjustment - the rear wheel is as far back as it can go and there is still a lot of chain slack. Installing the bigger 15T front to reduce the chain slack will make the gear ratio even taller. And my gas mileage did not go up significantly when on a 15/39 combo compare to the 14/45.

:Another drawback is that if you run 14/39 you'll run out of chain adjustment - the rear wheel is as far back as it can go and there is still a lot of chain slack. Installing the bigger 15T front to reduce the chain slack will make the gear ratio even taller. And my gas mileage did not go up significantly when on a 15/39 combo compare to the 15/45.

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	:I had the 39 tooth rear on for a while and enjoyed "seventh gear" and 8000 rpm freeway cruising. However, this came at the expense of a serious lack of torque from a dead stop. If you lane split through traffic, then end up at a red light, when the light turns green you might find that the cars you just passed can make up all that ground while you're trying to get moving. It's both unsafe and humiliating at the same time.		:I had the 39 tooth rear on for a while and enjoyed "seventh gear" and 8000 rpm freeway cruising. However, this came at the expense of a serious lack of torque from a dead stop. If you lane split through traffic, then end up at a red light, when the light turns green you might find that the cars you just passed can make up all that ground while you're trying to get moving. It's both unsafe and humiliating at the same time.

	:Another drawback is that if you run 14/39 you'll run out of chain adjustment - the rear wheel is as far back as it can go and there is still a lot of chain slack. Installing the bigger 15T front to reduce the chain slack will make the gear ratio even taller. And my gas mileage did not go up significantly when on a 15/39 combo compare to the 14/45.		:Another drawback is that if you run 14/39 you'll run out of chain adjustment - the rear wheel is as far back as it can go and there is still a lot of chain slack. Installing the bigger 15T front to reduce the chain slack will make the gear ratio even taller. And my gas mileage did not go up significantly when on a 15/39 combo compare to the 15/45.