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04-19-02, 11:05 PM
Hi. I hope I'm posting this in the right category. I've got a Trek hardtail and don't do too much MTBing in the summer. Most of my riding during the warm months is done on the road. However due to other financial responsibilities at the time, I can't afford to buy a proper road bike :( Anyway, I've put on thinner, slick tires to speed up. Also, I had been told and read numerous times that I should replace my MTB gears with a road cassette so I can get more usable gears. I did so today, and must admit they were right. But now all the gears seem so much harder to push. I have 3 chainrings, and never used the "granny gear" - until today.
Has anyone else done the replacement I did? All of a sudden I feel weak and out of shape. I rode pretty fast with a high cadence (90 to 110) in the middle ring with my old cassette. Now I have to drop down to the smallest ring to achieve the same cadence. Can someone explain this to me?
Has anyone else done the replacement I did? All of a sudden I feel weak and out of shape. I rode pretty fast with a high cadence (90 to 110) in the middle ring with my old cassette. Now I have to drop down to the smallest ring to achieve the same cadence. Can someone explain this to me?