Originally Posted by Podagrower

Compact double crank. Planning to mix in some cogs out of an 11-28 so I can have a nice tight group of gears around 15 tooth and the 36 (its a sram cassette, the 3 largest gears are 1 spider, but the others are independent.)

Today was a nice full club ride, about 170 members of differing abilities. I opted for a 31 mile ride of C pace. It was a little slow, but an enjoyable ride, until I wrecked at mile 28ish. I half wheeled the rider in front and went down hard. Helmet deformed, wondering how did I get road rash there, wondering if I cracked some ribs. Everybody was trying to help, but I had to get on the bike and finish, its my first big accident since I started riding, and its a mental thing...if I don't get up and finish now, when will I get back on the bike. I started a little slow, because I really just wanted to be with a small group and let everyone else go, but they all wanted to make sure I was all right, so I pulled away, taking the people with me I wanted and ignoring the "gap" being called out. I'm pretty sure tomorrow is going to suck...