40-28 or ??? Compact Available
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40-28 or ??? Compact Available
A 52/34 or such "compact" crank does me no good. I suspect it does 90% of the cycling world no good. Now, if there was a REAL compact crank available like a ....well maybe 40/28 I'd buy it. That would truly be compact and serve the needs of a lot more cyclists than the normal compact. Heck, I very rarely use my 52 on my triple anymore. I use the 42 almost exclusively and just go into the 30 on steeper (7%+) climbs.
So...anybody know where I could get a 40-28 or something like that?
So...anybody know where I could get a 40-28 or something like that?
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Just buy individual chain rings and make it custom. Thats what I did. I have a 48/36 on my bike right now. I have an FSA carbon crank that was 50/34 and just changed the rings. They are cheap.
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Get an old mtb crank and set the two inner rings as 40/28......or perhaps your current crank arm can accomodate these sizes......just the way you want it....