Originally Posted by
sleepykitty
I'm comfortable with the smaller 39t chainring. But on occasion I do max out when I'm on the 13t on the cassette, and not wanting to crosschain, I move to the 53 and then frantically gear down to the 19t on the cassette to try and maintain cadence. This is something I would like to avoid as I would much rather focus on pedaling than on the shifters. Or is maniacal shifting just part and parcel of road cycling?
Crosschaining is fine, don't worry about doing it. One thing that is helpful is to up shift to the big ring earlier before you run out of gears on the small ring.