Originally Posted by
Grim
Thats what I run on my hot rod R300. Not too bad for the hills in Atlanta but been a few times I would have loved to have a 12-28 but I dont think my Short cage Ultegra can swing it. There is a 12-27 Ultegra gear set available but My cheap butt has been sticking with the $31 12-26 SRAM
Yeah, I did a lot of digging before going for the SRAM 9 speed. I couldn't justify the cost difference between the ultegra and sram for a miniscule weight savings. I'm a bit of a masher as I started on mountain bikes with no clips/power grips/clipless system. The 26 should be fine for me. I've been riding these hills with a 39/25 or 26 can't remember which, low for a while now and doing ok. I do want to see how Robbie fares. This could be entertaining.