Originally Posted by
User1
Hello all,
I'm wondering if I could get a suggestion for a good match on what I want to do. I have a CX bike that is doubling as a lite tourer. It also works for an everyday go-to bike and thats cool. I have on Ultegra 6700 throughout and really the last piece I'm looking at for this puzzle is the 3x10 crankset. I have a triple on it right that's ok. It's a FSA Gossamer that is 50x39x30? Not sure if the middle number is correct or not. Anyways I like the 50 ring and would hate going to something bigger. Something smaller sounds far more appealing than something bigger. Even the other rings it sounds appealing having something smaller. My cassette is 10sp 12-30.
Any suggestions on what I could try?
I'm using the Shimano Deore FC-M590 48/36/26 crankset + 11-34 cassette, works pretty good. For loaded hilly touring a 22-tooth chainring would probably help a bit; OTOH I'd like to have a 50 (or even 52) tooth for descents. Anyway the FC-M590 is 9-speed but supposedly it's compatible w/10-speed chain. Price is reasonable at ~$65; middle & inner rings are steel which is sorta kewl old-school. & Shimano also offers it in 44/32/22.