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Mojo Slim
04-22-05, 09:08 PM
I have a Bianchi Eros with a 9 spd 12-26 cassette and 32-42-52 triple. I'm trying to get some sort of granny gear - say a 30 or 32 for the rear cassette. My local Bike and Sandwich Shop (it's a small town) isn't having any luck. Any suggestions?


sydney
04-22-05, 09:27 PM
I have a Bianchi Eros with a 9 spd 12-26 cassette and 32-42-52 triple. I'm trying to get some sort of granny gear - say a 30 or 32 for the rear cassette. My local Bike and Sandwich Shop (it's a small town) isn't having any luck. Any suggestions?If it's shimano, Sheldon brown has a 30 custom cassette. Campy 9 has a 28.You can always go with a smaller granny ring.

wagathon
04-22-05, 09:30 PM
Are you sure your inner ring isn't 30T? Mine was. My old Bianchi Vig came with a 9-spd 11x27 Ultegra freewheel and I swapped it out for a SRAM 11x32: everything worked smoothly. I liked it.

I don't have that option now as I have Shimano's new 10-spd freewheel and a DuraAce 12x27 is the lowest gear that is currently available.

The cranks on my new setup is a 53\39\30. This works out better for me than the 52\42\30 cranks that came on my Bianchi. With a 53 top ring, there's no question about eliminating the 11T cog on the freewheel, which for me is a waste. Additionally, the 39T ring gives me a total of about 17 evenly spaced gears without any double shifting, and most of the time in the middle ring with just moving up and down the cogs.


Feldman
04-23-05, 10:08 AM
If you have Campy shifting, have your LBS look into a Marchisio cassette for you. They are sold through a California wholesaler, Torelli, and can be set up with any cogs you want from 11 to 30 teeth. Another good idea for a Campy triple is to shrink all three chainrings; say go to 28, 39, and 49. Look online at Peter White Cycles as he sells TA chainrings in all sizes in the Campy 135mm bolt pattern. It's one of Campy's few drawbacks--limited variety of gearing choices. But other companies seem happy to take up the slack.

Mojo Slim
04-23-05, 10:48 AM
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will take it all to my LBS for review.

John E
04-23-05, 11:51 AM
... Look online at Peter White Cycles as he sells TA chainrings in all sizes in the Campy 135mm bolt pattern. It's one of Campy's few drawbacks--limited variety of gearing choices. But other companies seem happy to take up the slack.
Thanks for the tip, Feldman. So far, I have been able to find only 39, 40, 42, 50, 52, and 53T rings in 135.

sydney
04-23-05, 06:06 PM
Thanks for the tip, Feldman. So far, I have been able to find only 39, 40, 42, 50, 52, and 53T rings in 135.The Granny ring is 74BCD.