Thread: Drivetrain for touring -- 3x8 crankset?
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Old 08-03-15 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Yan
You can use any modern 130-74 BCD road triple crank and install 48-38-24 t chainrings. Throw in a mountain rear derailleur with sufficient capacity for your chosen cassette-chainring combination and you're good to go. If you insist on not installing custom chainrings, I'd get a mountain crankset. You should have a high gear of 42-11, which I guarantee you will almost never use.
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