Originally Posted by jbhowat
I wouldn't say that if you race on a triple you will be dropped... Its just that if you use it on a lot of hills you will be dropped - unless you are spinning 140rpms or something to climb. You just can't climb with as much speed, obviously... that said, there was a guy recently in Europe who used a triple... Was it Roberto Heras? I forget... someone did... Surely they weren't using a 30-23 to climb anything...
That's right. Nothing wrong with low gears as long as you can spin them fast enough to keep up with the guy pushing the taller gear.
Some here in this forum supposedly asked a pro racer if he pushed tall gears or spun low gears? The Pro racer said I spin high gears. LOL