Originally Posted by
Teamdarb
This is a good read. As I had started on a 420 with a half step and rarely found use of the granny, too. I do not spin when riding and like a good gear transition. This has me rethinking my current 520 with its 48 36 22 and 12-36 to swap that 36 to a 42. I wonder what that will do?
22, 42, 48 wouldn’t be a good half step plus granny. That would be more of a “one step” meaning each time you dropped down one and one you would be in nearly the exact same gear you were in.
If you feel 42t would be a more correct center ring for you then the outer at 45t as I did would give you the half’s and not lower your top gear a great amount.
As a side note I was riding some over the weekend and a couple times I flipped the front up 42 to 45 and started to hit the brifter again as I didn’t hear it shift, only to look down and see it shifted fine. I never thought I would be saying a front shift was so smooth and quite that I would have to look. I don’t think that will be a problem that will be hard to get used to.
