Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
Triple cranks are made for this reason. You can have it all with a triple.
dude, you are way oot of line!
two-by and one-by are THE way, triples are impossible to set up and use and I assure you, are used only by the elderly and infirmed with teeny tiny manhoods.
dumbassery aside, horses for courses, and for off road stuff, the really wide range cassettes are pretty darn versatile, but I don't do that type of riding and so don't have personal experience with them.