Originally Posted by
SweetLou
Well yeah, you are using the small/small there. That's why I said if you don't cross chain and use a shorter chain, you can push the limits.
I set the chain as short as possible on the big-big combo.
I have no interest in running a chain short enough that things break if you accidentally shift into that.
In general, I avoid the small-ring + 2 smallest cogs, and big-ring + 2 largest cogs.