Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
That is quite similar to my 24/42/46 triple with an eight speed 11/32 cassette. I use this on two different touring bikes, one has 700c and the other 26 inch wheels. The lowest gears are 19.2 gear inches on the 26 inch bike and 20.7 on the 700c.
I used to use a road triple with an aftermarket granny of 24, thus the triple originally was 30/42/52, so it was a 24/42/52 with my smaller granny gear. But after about 10 years I decided to make the big ring small enough for half step gearing. Thus, the 42 is the only stock ring on both of my touring triples.
First photo is the 26 inch bike, the second is the 700c.
man after my own heart. when the headwinds hit me this fall i was thrilled to have the halfstep. first time i have ever used such close ratios and while most of the time i didnt need to trim that closely, a few times it was really welcome.