So back to science, I have a 48/34 with a 12-26 in the back. I did the math with Sheldon Brown's good old gear calculator and found that I have 12 unique gears. There are 5 in one ring and 6 in the other that pretty much overlap. What ends up happening is I use the entirety of the 34 ring for cruising around down (funny thing about Chapel Hill... it's on a hill) and the entirety of the 48 ring for cruising out in the rollers in the countryside. There are exceptions, of course, but that's how I use it.
But my go-to commuter is 39x16 SS so I don't have to deal with this tomfoolery.
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--Ben
2006 Trek SU100, 2009 Motobecane Fantom CX, 2011 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno, and a Bakfiets
Previously: 2000 Trek 4500 (2000-2003), 2003 Novara Randonee (2003-2006), 2003 Giant Rainier (2003-2008), 2005 Xootr Swift (2005-2007), 2007 Nashbar 1x9 (2007-2011), 2011 Windsor Shetland (2011-2014), 2008 Citizen Folder (2015)
Non-Bike hardware: MX Linux / BunsenLabs Linux / Raspbian / Mac OS 10.6 / Android 7
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