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Originally Posted by The Master Cylinder
How does that even work? If you had a 4:1 ratio and you turned the crank two revolutions, you would only have turned the tire half a turn.
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Because one back wheel is held stationary, the other turns twice as much as it would if both wheels were turning. In the example you gave, the back wheel would turn nearly one full turn with 2 turns of the crank.
This is the method I use and have done so for years.