Originally Posted by
Barrettscv
I would only recommend it for pool-table flat routes. Not too many 50+ cyclist are holding 33 mph without some help from a 3% slope, a 15 mph tail-wind or a nice position in the middle of a large peloton at the TDF.
I normally ride crits in my 15 or 16 and end up in the 12 or 13 for the sprint. I only have a 12 so using a 46 might be harder to sprint in. Not that it would make much difference to my results