Originally Posted by
Myosmith
Split the difference and go with a 48-36-26 Deore or Alivio crankset. Your FD will work fine and you'll have all the range you will ever need on a hybrid.
+1 It was a mistake going up to a 52 tooth. Even a 52-12 is of minimal use on a full road bike, let alone a hybrid. A 52-11 is just absurd. You'd have to be going 28 mph to even justify shifting into that gear, and that's at only 75rpm. There are pro riders that "only" have a high gear of 50-12.