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The lower the number of teeth the easier it will be to pedal, but you will also have a lower top speed too.The thing you have to watch is that with more teeth on the chainring you will require more chain (or less chain with less teeth on the chainring), which means that you may have to add or remove chain links.
Owner of a bike shop I know swears that the best way to work out what chain wheel you need is to divide the number of teeth by 2.77
20 inch race bike = 43/44/45 with a 16t freewheel,good for general riding as wellQuote from: Jaypeg on May 06, 2012, 09:33 AMOwner of a bike shop I know swears that the best way to work out what chain wheel you need is to divide the number of teeth by 2.77 43/16=2.68Maybe should have giving an example and got my components right 44 / 2.77 = 15.8 ( round up) = 16 th freewheel