Tiagra vs. ultegra
06-21-05, 08:32 AM
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Tiagra vs. ultegra
I just purchased some new wheels (Ritchey Pro OCR) and was wondering if I should put my Tiagra 12-25 cassette on them or buy an Ultegra cassette. I don't race, but I do ride hard and will be doing a few Triathlons in the future. THe tiagra cassette only has 50 miles on it and my bike is a specialized Allez sport. Is there a big difference ? Any thoughts ?
06-21-05, 08:43 AM
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If they are both a 12-25, you won't be able to tell the difference. Personally, I prefer the way the old-time freewheels were set up, often something like 14-28. That creates gear combinations where "real" people can spin at an easy 90 RPM's. A 52 x 12 combination is helpful to the average rider IF he is riding down the side of a mountain.
I saw a guy yesterday riding at about fifteen miles per hour in a 52 x 12 combination. His legs were pumping ever so slowly, his face was getting redder and redder. I suspect that he will soon hang his bike up in the garage and say "Riding bikes is too hard". Bikes should come with a warning "Many of these gear combinations are provided for marketing reasons ONLY...they are not for use by normal humans".
I saw a guy yesterday riding at about fifteen miles per hour in a 52 x 12 combination. His legs were pumping ever so slowly, his face was getting redder and redder. I suspect that he will soon hang his bike up in the garage and say "Riding bikes is too hard". Bikes should come with a warning "Many of these gear combinations are provided for marketing reasons ONLY...they are not for use by normal humans".
06-21-05, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by operator
Complete waste of money.
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06-21-05, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by hi565
pretty much, now we're only talking about cassettes if we were talking about shifters/smoothness of ****fing/deraillers(sp?) that'd probably a different story.
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Originally Posted by hi565
ha oops I swapped out the t and f and it bleeped it out
