Originally Posted by
Snafu12
Current bike has 28/38/48 with 9 speed 11-32
Looking at Verve 3 with 46/30 and 11-36 9 speed.2
I am never in 28 ring (flat Florida)
Also not currently using top 3 or 3 gears
On pace for 250 miles this month
Is the 18 speed a step down ? I
8/38/
Neither a step up, nor a step down. I have been using a triple for years now. Mine is 26 - 36- 48 with a 12 - 27 9 speed cassette. I do use my small chainring for hills. Since you don't have hills, I would suggest maybe switching out from an 11 - 36 to something like an 11 - 28 just so you can have more useable gears where you actually need them.