Triple theoretically more manly than a double!!
09-07-05 | 12:10 AM
#27
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From: North Orange County, CA
Bikes: Gary Fisher MTB and a Klein Quantum II
The idea is to get up the hill. I don't care what gear I use. I don't care what gear you use. I just know that I can climb anything in my granny ring.
09-07-05 | 06:05 PM
#29
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From: Might as well be underwater because I make less drag than a torpedoE (no aero bars here though)
Originally Posted by chrisvu05
53-11 is higher gear than 50-11. Since I am running a 13-26 cassette, a compact crank does not provide high enough gearing. My 53-13 is stronger than a 50-13.
50/12 is slightly taller than a 53/13. This is all semantics anyway. You can get your gearing anyway you like.
I have a 53/39 and 50/34 double (sometimes 50/36).
To be honest, I think the compact is way more versatile, but the perfectionist in me likes how the 53/39 fits the front derailleur radius perfectly.
09-07-05 | 06:36 PM
#30
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Aw, heck. What about a 50/46/30? In half-step-plus-granny, you *really* know when you're popping into the teeny one. In my mind, circus music starts playing when I get into that gear because I'm always in 28 or 24 on the back.
09-07-05 | 09:10 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by kurtmrufa
Aw, heck. What about a 50/46/30? In half-step-plus-granny, you *really* know when you're popping into the teeny one. In my mind, circus music starts playing when I get into that gear because I'm always in 28 or 24 on the back.
That would be nifty.
