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    2 days ago

    convert to a gear that makes it way more energy

    nah, see, a gear is basically just a fancy pully. it can make it easier to pedal up a hill, but only by making you have to pedal many more times to do so. each turn of the crank arms takes less force, but you have to do it many more times. it isn’t actually reducing the energy requirement, and it isn’t multiplying your energy input.

    what you’re describing here would be some kind of magic.