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Old 01-31-14, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by likebike23
Thanks. The cranks are in great shape, but geared really tall for a touring bike. It's got a 118mm BCD which is obsolete and 36T is the smallest chainring you can use. That gives me a low gear of 36-32 which is 30.5 inches, kinda high if loaded touring. Also, the 47T middle ring is kind of large and I never use the 52T. I'd like to actually be able to tour on it, so that's the reasoning for the change to the Takagi Tourney.
That totally makes sense.

I think mine was a 50-45-28. I even thought yours looked bigger- especially the granny- when I was comparing the two pics.
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