Originally Posted by
Chrome Molly
I've ridden this on a few Almonzo's and several other gravel rides.
Lemond Poprad:
Canti's
46/30 FSA gossamer triple converted to super compact double
12-32 10s rear
Rival med cage RD/FD and controls
Vuelta super light wheels (they hold up fine and are light)
Clement 40c tires
The rest is just stuff I like to run
I don't feel like I'm losing a lot to the rest of the field, but I have considered how a 5lb lighter carbon cross/gravel bike would feel in terms of climbs and sustaining speed on the rollers.
Not modern or vintage I guess
Now that you mention it I saw a decent number of Lemonds out there.
Last year I rode a nashbar steel cross bike, 46/36 with an 11-36. It was overkill and I never could get the deore 9 speed RD to play nice with the 10 speed 105 shifters.
This year I rode an aluminum specialized tricross, 50/34 with 11-32. Like you, I found I had plenty of gears for climbing. More top end than I need 99% of the time but it's nice to pretend like I'll use it.
It weighs about 5 pounds less than my steel bike. I guess I could tell a difference but the lack of mud this year was a bigger factor.