I’m not good at anything technical. if it doesn’t involve pixels then I’m normally screwed. That extends to bikes too; I have a grasp of the very basics and can look after a bike, but thats about it.

Whenever people start talking about gear ratios, my eyes glaze over and my brain does a little burp. I think it’s because gear ratios are all based around numbers, and numbers scare me. I became a professional colour-inner so id never have to deal with the decimal bastards ever again (unless it’s to set them in Futura Condensed Extra Bold and make them massive, in some form of infographic, it’s acceptable then).

Like I say, I’ve never understood gear ratios but when seeing it written down one day, 42/16 or whatever, sparked a wee idea and I scribbled down 66/6 - That’s the ratio of the beast!!

So, that wee doodle gave me the idea and here we are, the finished graphic! It’s actually for a cycling cap exhibition happening at Howies in September, but this is the graphical concept, and I’ll put it into cap format soon, I just wanted to make the graphic itself firsy (spoke card-sized of course, it’s all I ever seem to design at the mo!)

Anyways, there you have it - 66/6 is the ratio of the beast! (And yeap, that chain ring graphic really does have 66 teeth!)

P.S If you’ve got an iPad, why don’t you sport the iPad wallpaper version!