Originally Posted by
redlude97
What exactly is your issue with the 50 in crits? That you spin out the 50x11? Otherwise a better option to consider would be to use the 50 with an 11-23/21 for racing. That gets you the 16 and 18 cogs that may be more useful
in a sprint I've gotten to the top end of the 50x11 pretty easily, and if I had slightly higher gearing with the same cadence I could pull faster mph's. Also the gearing is kind of all over the place in a crit for me on the 50 since speeds are usually 24+