Obvious newb question

i'd like to keep the 18 on the rear as it's a freewheel... i'll get measuring this weekend and work it all out.

52 18 is fine when i'm going, but starting off requires a big push, and then hill starts. well. it's sore.

i'll try and make drinks on monday and peoples can offer advice there and then. plus i need a reason to get out of work and meet new people. innit.

its daft running that ratio as a freewheel,

unless you pump for max speed down hills.

But I take it you freewheel,

and therefore your gear should help you get UP the hill.

Run lower, even people fixed run waaay lower, like the chap above.

I can bareley balance on freewheel bike with high gearage, it feels so odd having immense resistance trying to nudge foward, yet you roll back withe zero.

So awkward doing track stands like that.