Thread: 8spd vs 11spd
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Old 10-21-19 | 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Staci87
I just feel like when I'm in the big chainring and smallest cog in the back, I am having to spin a lot to maintain 22 to 26mph whereas on the Giant, in the same gearing, I can maintain a 25 to 28mph and not feel like I have to have a 100rpm to maintain it.
This almost has to be a fit issue or an adjustment problem. Both bikes are drop bar road frames, both have 700c wheels and you say both have a 50x11 highest gear. So, at the same cadence, the bike speed HAS to be the same.
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