Originally Posted by
KBentley57
Christ, internet tough guys getting their panties in a bunch. Let me explain it for you thoroughly.To jaycb74 - I never meant you weren't fit, good looking, manly, or strong.To everyone with their bunched panties - The spirit of my post was "If you keep riding, you will notice that you are getting stronger. The stronger you get, the less you will need higher gearing." Eluding to the famous quotes "It never gets easier, you just get faster" and "Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades", ect...Jeez./thread
And until the OP is Greg/Eddy, he deserves to have hardware that meets him where he is without judgment from the "Just HTFU!
" peanut gallery. I started on triples, and am glad I did. I will probably go back to them eventually.
Like Drew posted, don't forget that one can always install a super-tight cassette with a triple and get just as tough of a low gear as the other folks in their club if they want it.