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Show us your triple drivetrain (AKA The Triple Support Group)

Old 06-17-12, 01:31 PM
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What's with all the friggin' wankers come into a 'show us your triple' thread just to say how a compact is just as good, nay better!?

Next I'm going to go into the 'show us your Pinarello/Trek/Wilier/BMC/Whatever' threads and tell everyone they really should have bought a Colnago/Bianchi/Walmart/Huffy instead.

Then I am going to tell all the f**king morons in the 'show us your black bike' thread that red is really faster, duh!

And then in the 'post your Garmin' thread I am going to tell them all they are stupid for tracking their rides with electronics, a freakin' sliderule is all anyone ever needs!

Seriously, what a bunch of arsegadgets. I don't care what you have, and no one asked your opinion. So STFU and go ride instead.
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And back on topic: My triples -

My new 2012 Wilier Gran Turismo. Came with an FSA SLK-Light comoact double and an Ultegra 11-23 cassette, I swapped in an Ultegra 6700 triple and an Ultegra 11-28.



And my older bike, a 2009 Giant Defy 1, which came with mostly 105, an FSA Gossamer triple, and a 12-25, which I swapped for an 11-28.



Love them both.
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Sugino triple with 46/36/26 chainrings and a 12-32 cassette. This is near the bottom of an 11 mile, 8% avg grade hill. When I got near the top a guy with a standard double passed me like I was standing still.

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Great looking triples but they look heavy; what you need is one with drilled out chainrings like this:
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I run a 52/42/30 ultegra triple (from 2003 vintage) with the 12-34 mountain cassette. My bike weighs 31 lbs, and with the commuting stuff, I am easily up to 40s. The gearing range is quite helpful :-), although I spent most of my time on the big ring.
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Originally Posted by and1homer
And back on topic: My triples -

My new 2012 Wilier Gran Turismo. Came with an FSA SLK-Light comoact double and an Ultegra 11-23 cassette, I swapped in an Ultegra 6700 triple and an Ultegra 11-28.
How do you like the 6703 triple. Some people were complaining that the middle chainring is a bit too noisy?
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Originally Posted by fstshrk
How do you like the 6703 triple. Some people were complaining that the middle chainring is a bit too noisy?
So far, love it. Certainly haven't noticed any unexpected noise up front. I spend a lot of time in the 42 (like most people with a triple), and never have noticed any extra noise.
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6703 Ultegra triple is 52/39/30. There is no 42t ring available from Shimano since the 30t uses a 92mm bcd and bolts directly to the special 39t ring. Shimano stopped speccing 42t middle rings after 9 speed.

I have two 6703 cranks, a 170mm and 172.5mm. Both have the noisy 39t rings while in the smaller cogs. It doesn't bother me though the sound is there. I also have a 2010 FSA SL-K triple. Its 39t ring is a lot quieter in the same cogs but the 52t ring is no where near as nice as the Ultegra.

I spend about 70% in the 52t and 15%/15% in the 39t and 30t. For rollers and grades to 8% I'm in the 39t and for longer stretches above 9% I'll use the 30. 30x19 is just a tad harder than 39x25, it's one of my favorite climbing gears.
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Last weekend I returned to a triple crank and moved my cog count into last decade with the increase from 9 to 10 speeds.

1996 Litespeed Natchez frame. Still with Cinelli 66 Campione del Mondo deep drop bars and a shiny 1A stem. Bar-tops are at a nice altitude for puttering around with my wife, hoods are at a comfortable all-day location, and the drops are aerodynamic.

NOS 2010 Campagnolo Centaur Carbon Ultrashift levers. 5 cogs smaller, 3 cogs larger. Some how I unseated the left hood before the picture was taken.

170mm FSA SLK triple with 50-39-30 rings. Much more effective pins and ramps than the big ring FSA shipped with my 2006 FSA Carbon Pro Compact. Nice titanium like grey finish on the rings.

2004-2006 Campagnolo Record Titanium long cage rear derailleur. Just the right mix of retro classy and modern with frame colored hardware.

2004-2006 Campagnolo Record Titanium triple front derailleur. The anti-friction coating on most Chorus and Record front forks is also a good match for titanium frames.

14-23 straight block (yes that's 14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23). Nickel-chrome plated. It's an interesting experiment that's going well. 50x20 feels good hammering up false flats, the chain line is great with 50x19 in the middle of the cassette, and simultaneous thumb button shoves still get to the next gear when slowing down off the big ring (50x22 -> 39x18). I'll also try a 12-23 from my shed that would reduce big-ring use more and 13-26 which provides a little more gearing to offset my girth increase.

Centaur chain. Shiny! Allegedly PTFE coated. The first chain I've used where the pins are peened in place. I'm hoping my experience with C10 chain longevity matches others' reports like it did with C9 chains. KMC Missing Link. Second missing link in my seat pack in case I some how break the chain; although I'm hoping broken chains (two in the last 15 years) are a relic of anachronistic chains predating flush pins.

After wearing out the little spring in the right front shift paddle which is no longer available for first generation ergo levers, wearing out my rear derailleur, having 4860 miles on the current C9 chain (still shy of 1/32" stretch but starting to shift sloppy from the side wear), and being well past time for new cable housings it was time for some rebuilding. Fortunately I knew that day was coming and had been stock piling components for a few years.

I'd been suffering with a 50-34 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21-23 since wearing out the big ring on my 50-40-30 triple in 2006, noting that 34x23 was just like the 30x21 low gear I ran with 8 cogs, and buying into the hype about two rings being better than three. They weren't - the front shifting increase was monstrous and drive train a lot noisier running one cog from the end with 50x14 or 34x21 instead of 40x16 or 40x17 in the middle of the cassette.

I originally built the bike in 1996 with 50-40-30 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21 which yielded a low gear like 42x28 or 39x26 which I needed in the mountains west of Boulder, CO and 13-19 corncob that I'd enjoy on the plains east without wanting to change cassettes or wheels depending on where I felt like riding that day. That worked great. I moved to nine cogs with a 23 on the big end and installed new free hubs/jockey wheels/pulley bolts/right index cam after Campagnolo discontinued the 13-21 8 speed combination with my beloved 18 cog.
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2004 Calfee Tetra Pro with Campy triple

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Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt


Last weekend I returned to a triple crank and moved my cog count into last decade with the increase from 9 to 10 speeds.

1996 Litespeed Natchez frame. Still with Cinelli 66 Campione del Mondo deep drop bars and a shiny 1A stem. Bar-tops are at a nice altitude for puttering around with my wife, hoods are at a comfortable all-day location, and the drops are aerodynamic.

NOS 2010 Campagnolo Centaur Carbon Ultrashift levers. 5 cogs smaller, 3 cogs larger. Some how I unseated the left hood before the picture was taken.

170mm FSA SLK triple with 50-39-30 rings. Much more effective pins and ramps than the big ring FSA shipped with my 2006 FSA Carbon Pro Compact. Nice titanium like grey finish on the rings.

2004-2006 Campagnolo Record Titanium long cage rear derailleur. Just the right mix of retro classy and modern with frame colored hardware.

2004-2006 Campagnolo Record Titanium triple front derailleur. The anti-friction coating on most Chorus and Record front forks is also a good match for titanium frames.

14-23 straight block (yes that's 14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23). Nickel-chrome plated. It's an interesting experiment that's going well. 50x20 feels good hammering up false flats, the chain line is great with 50x19 in the middle of the cassette, and simultaneous thumb button shoves still get to the next gear when slowing down off the big ring (50x22 -> 39x18). I'll also try a 12-23 from my shed that would reduce big-ring use more and 13-26 which provides a little more gearing to offset my girth increase.

Centaur chain. Shiny! Allegedly PTFE coated. The first chain I've used where the pins are peened in place. I'm hoping my experience with C10 chain longevity matches others' reports like it did with C9 chains. KMC Missing Link. Second missing link in my seat pack in case I some how break the chain; although I'm hoping broken chains (two in the last 15 years) are a relic of anachronistic chains predating flush pins.

After wearing out the little spring in the right front shift paddle which is no longer available for first generation ergo levers, wearing out my rear derailleur, having 4860 miles on the current C9 chain (still shy of 1/32" stretch but starting to shift sloppy from the side wear), and being well past time for new cable housings it was time for some rebuilding. Fortunately I knew that day was coming and had been stock piling components for a few years.

I'd been suffering with a 50-34 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21-23 since wearing out the big ring on my 50-40-30 triple in 2006, noting that 34x23 was just like the 30x21 low gear I ran with 8 cogs, and buying into the hype about two rings being better than three. They weren't - the front shifting increase was monstrous and drive train a lot noisier running one cog from the end with 50x14 or 34x21 instead of 40x16 or 40x17 in the middle of the cassette.

I originally built the bike in 1996 with 50-40-30 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21 which yielded a low gear like 42x28 or 39x26 which I needed in the mountains west of Boulder, CO and 13-19 corncob that I'd enjoy on the plains east without wanting to change cassettes or wheels depending on where I felt like riding that day. That worked great. I moved to nine cogs with a 23 on the big end and installed new free hubs/jockey wheels/pulley bolts/right index cam after Campagnolo discontinued the 13-21 8 speed combination with my beloved 18 cog.

I dig it. I've been wanting to try one of those cassettes but haven't run across one cheap enough.

It looks like the FD is missing the nylon insert that snaps into the forks front window. They can be bought as a spare.

What do you plan to do with the gen1 egos?
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Originally Posted by thirdgenbird
It looks like the FD is missing the nylon insert that snaps into the forks front window. They can be bought as a spare.
Good eye, although only the traditional and compact double derailleurs shipped with the insert. The front cut-out doesn't have a recessed rim on the outside like it does on the doubles although I'm curious and will look closer to see if it fits.



What do you plan to do with the gen1 egos?
Sell them as spares only (right not functioning) probably as a no reserve E-bay auction where the market is likely to price them higher than I would. My maintenance log indicates only 3200 miles on the current right front paddle spring, thumb button spring, and carrier. The right shifter also has the rare first generation 9 speed (2000 and older) index cam. Those parts were all discontinued long enough ago that finding new ones would be very hard - I actually bought the last front right spring in the Loose Screws inventory.

OTOH I'm not sure how useful that new front spring is - I only got 3200 miles before the smaller one in the paddle assembly followed. It both springs the paddle forwards and holds it to the outside. Once it goes you need to hold the lever to the outside with one finger while pushing the thumb button for reliable shifts to smaller cogs.
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Originally Posted by Carbon Unit
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Your Record triple crank with the hidden fifth chain bolt is a great looking piece of classic Campagnolo style.
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Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt
Originally Posted by Carbon Unit
2004 Calfee Tetra Pro with Campy triple
Your Record triple crank with the hidden fifth chain bolt is a great looking piece of classic Campagnolo style.
Thanks, I think old Campy stuff looks and performs great. The stuff lasts forever.
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Gunnar Sport with Ultegra triple and 11-25 cassette. Has about 30K miles now, great bike for the mountains.

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