Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
I would think most any 110BCD crank would make a suitable 'compact' double, simply by putting smaller rings on it. personally I never saw reason behind the whole compact thing. if I am already using a 9 or 10spd 12-21 with a 42-53 is a 11-19 with 38-48 faster?
now I have always been a bit more of a masher than a spinner , so perhaps that is the reason I just don't get the whole compact thing
Today's compacts are typically 50/34. I think the purpose is to serve the other side of the spectrum - it allows people that don't want a triple to approximate those low gears that a true triple provides. It's a compromise, for folks that insist upon doubles but can't use standard doubles as God intended.
I'm one of those folks, but I have no shame and cannot be humiliated. So, I use a triple and ride anywhere I damn well please.
