Thinking of one tooth less...

[ChristoT]

Can the clever people on here describe the pro's and cons of putting one tooth less on the front sprocket?

1 more tooth front gives you better top end, but worse acceleration.

1 less tooth front is the opposite - better acceleration, but worse top end speed.

Many people add a tooth front, and drop a tooth at the rea simultaneously - means the bike goes even faster than just changing the front sprocket - but again, acceleration will suffer somewhat.