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.
Then I guess that I must be a brilliant mechanic because the triples on two of my touring bikes, my rando bike, my vintage Bridgestone errand bike, and my even older Italian racing bike are all set up quite well and I have no trouble using them. Or, perhaps my elderly and infirm teeny tiny manhood is the reason that I had no trouble setting up and using my triples.