Originally Posted by
Esthetic
The 11-34 has a few gearing jumps that slow me down to where the weight of the bike compounds a bit. At my first chance I'd like to try an 11-30, I think that would smoothen and tighten up the gearing for me on the road. I just hope I won't miss it when the tires get bigger and the gravel gets lower speed and technical?
I run an 11-30 on my Domane on both the road and gravel wheels, because that is as much as the DA will take. It's more than ample for the road. In gravel mode, ramps over 12% or so have the front wheel bouncing up with every slow pedal stroke - no standing for me since I only have one arm. I would love to have something a bit lower.
Then again, I've reached an age where I am on the downside of the power curve
