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Old 10-17-16 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by antokelly
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anyhow the compact is not set in stone i still might go for a triple 48 34 28 and 11 to 32 on the rear or maybe buy a long cage rear mech and get the 34 cassette .....
I have only one suggestion if you go with a triple, get one where it is easy to change the granny to different sizes. And I think 98 percent of the cranksets out there meet that criteria.

For example chainrings for a five arm 74mm BCD crank in a variety of sizes from 24 to 30 are easy to find and put on for minimal cost. As I noted above, my rando bike has a 30T and my Sherpa has a 24T, both are 74mm BCD. If I was going to do some unladen road riding on my rando bike in extremely hilly areas, I could switch the 30T to 24T very quickly, and restore it later when I got home. I have a spare 24T or maybe two of them in storage waiting for use.
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