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Old 12-20-16 | 07:47 AM
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cobba
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Originally Posted by FrozenK
I'd look at something like the Shimano Touring cranks -48/36/26- rather than road cranks. .
Yep.

Originally Posted by Raigoki
Hi. i'm not familiar with the BCD. but currently, my crankset is an Alivio with a 22-30-40t.
Sounds like it could be a Alivio FC-M4050 with a 96/64 BCD

The Alivio FC-M4060 has 26-36-48 tooth chainrings and a 104/64 BCD

Bigger chainrings means a new front derailleur.

50 or 52 tooth road chainrings means you'd need a road front derailleur

Road front derailleurs don't work well with mountain shifters

With a 26-36-48 mountain/trekking crankset you would need a new front derailleur but you could keep your shifters

With a road crankset that has 50 or 52 road chainrings, you would need a road front derailleur and a shifter for a road front derailleur.

Shimano specifications: http://productinfo.shimano.com/#/spec/2.3
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