GCN Tech counts the hidden cost of a tiny sprocket

CeramicSpeed drivetrain tests underpin a gearing explainer, alongside championship bike weigh-ins and the continuing freehub-noise debate.

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A 10T Sprocket Is Worse Than We Thought

A smaller sprocket can give you a bigger gear range, but GCN Tech's Sunday upload asks what that convenience costs at the pedals. "A 10T Sprocket Is Worse Than We Thought" has reached about 190,000 views and is the channel's busiest regular video by daily viewing.

Using drivetrain efficiency results from CeramicSpeed, the explainer examines the losses associated with bending a chain around a small cog, then adds chainline angle to the equation. Huge chainrings on professional bikes start to look less like showing off when the discussion turns to friction in time trials. A companion Short about ten-tooth sprockets is also drawing attention.

That gives the channel a fresh subject after its freehub-noise discussion, which remains the most-watched of the week's ten uploads. The show gets past the buzzing soundtrack to explain pawls, ratchets and silent alternatives. In the comments, riders discuss hearing their surroundings, keeping conversations going and childhood memories of cards between spokes.

Subscribers grew modestly, with another thousand joining over the week, although daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Across nearby sports channels, GCN Tech's weekly views were close to Lambros and Sky Sports Cricket.

Away from the drivetrain calculations, "We Weighed The Fastest Bikes At The Hill Climb Championships" supplied a wonderfully specific engineering contrast: drilled-out saddles and featherweight builds sharing the pits with aerodynamic setups and a custom trike. Ed Laverack's winning Scott Addict RC gets its inspection too, with strong headwinds making this more than a simple contest to remove grams.

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The videos drawing views on GCN Tech right now

Is Freehub Noise Getting Out Of Hand? | GCN Tech Show Ep. 460198,987 views · 2026-10-29 We Weighed The Fastest Bikes At The Hill Climb Championships152,647 views · 2026-10-28 Are free hubs getting too loud 📣⁉️45,713 views · 2026-10-31 Farmer Geoff's hill-climbing beast! 🚴37,035 views · 2026-11-02 Hill climbing trike! 🚴🪶27,945 views · 2026-11-01 10tooth sprockets are worse than we thought 😬⁠25,039 views

The numbers

Here is GCN Tech's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Josh Kreuger

4,727,547

Sky Sports Cricket

1,591,018

Lambros

1,521,806

GCN Tech

1,519,645

Big Wedge Golf

1,311,926

Global Triathlon Network

607,748

Top Speed Golf - Clay Bal…

520,546

Jeromy Green

443,931

Meandmygolf

440,918

subscribers

874,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

391,889,696

views per day

213,325

typical day: 256,346

first-day views of each video posted this week

Is Freehub Noise Getting Out Of Hand? |…

89,985

A 10T Sprocket Is Worse Than We Thought

131,657

We Weighed The Fastest Bikes At The Hil…

84,103

Are free hubs getting too loud 📣⁉️

14,064

Farmer Geoff's hill-climbing beast! 🚴

29,718

Hill climbing trike! 🚴🪶

18,511

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Meandmygolf

1,110,000

Global Triathlon Network

1,100,000

Lambros

1,040,000

Josh Kreuger

971,000

GCN Tech

874,000

Big Wedge Golf

862,000

Sky Sports Cricket

791,000

Jeromy Green

783,000

Top Speed Golf - Clay Bal…

725,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.