[meatmanek]

And of course, whether you choose to go with a victor or a gear ratio reduction depends on a few things:

If you could use the extra torque (who couldn't?), go with a gear reduction
If your mechanism isn't designed to take changes in chain length like that, (this happened to us a few years back), go with a Victor.

If you can afford the extra weight of a victor, but never need to go as fast as you can right now, and a gear reduction is simple, do both. The variable power output of a Victor is always nice, it allows for things such as PID.