Originally Posted by mtn_chick
Background: my commute is 20 miles one way, and I'd really like to be doing the round trip 3-4x/week. I think a new, lighter, more road worthy bike will so help me attain this goal.
http://www.mielebicycles.com/en/velo...&COLOR=ALUPOLI
t felt good, fast and LIGHT!!!
Any and all opinions welcome! Thx!
20 mile commute? Wow!
The bicycle seems nice overall. It does have an agressive positioning to keep you driving forward.
My only concern is the Truvative Isoflow crank. Certainly, Truvative make some great cranks. However, the chainrings are 42/32/22. Also, the cassette is a HG30 which is a 8 speed cassette with a 11-32t range. Here are the gear inches:
102.2 77.8 53.5
93.7 71.4 49.1
80.3 61.2 42.1
70.2 53.5 36.8
62.4 47.6 32.7
53.5 40.8 28.0
46.8 35.7 24.5
40.1 30.6 21.0
35.1 26.8 18.4
Your heaviest gear is a 102.2. It has been recommended to have a high gear range of 110. If I were commuting 20 miles each way I would want a bigger crank with at least 48t chain ring. IMO
