Originally Posted by
Nerull
A good thing for a lot of people who have compensation issues.
It is absolutely ridiculous to struggle your way up hills, overworking your system and destroying your knees, because you have a lower gear and refuse to use it. Shift down when you start climbing, shift back up when you get to the flats/downhill. It's not a difficult concept. Really. I promise.
You're missing the point. I can spin a 50/25, so I don't have to shift in the front on flat/rolling terrain. When I had a standard crank, I had to shift to the small ring to keep above 80rpms. Eliminating the front shift for short climbs is really, really useful on flat/rolling terrain. It's not about compensation, since I'm not a masher. As soon as I have a real climb, I switch to the 34t and use it for what it's designed for.