cyclezen

also nice!
great pics of Paris - really is a Fab town!

Nachoman

By nachomanh at 2009-06-30
I forgot to post a photo of my folder, which also has a triple.
This is in Hawaii.
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By nachomanh at 2010-08-14
This is at Lake Tahoe (and a better shot of the drivetrain.

Drew Eckhardt 

Yup.

I still ride 50-34 x 13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21-23 9 speed where the next lower gear after 50x21 is five cogs away at 34x15.

When hitting a hill I put my thumbs on the respective buttons thus changing rings and dropping five cogs in one motion.

Going back the other way takes one shove of both front levers plus two clicks on the right lever.

Barrettscv 

Nice!

Is that A Vaya or a CX model?

Barrettscv 

Here is my Soma Double Cross in Gravel Grinder mode;

X-LinkedRider

Who are you asking this to? People in general? Because I can't really help you here. I don't prefer a triple and certainly never said I do since a couple of years ago maybe. At least not on my regular road bike. Touring however, totally different story. In touring I use every gear I have (typically small ring as a bailout) but with a full load, switching to bailout gear is not a rare occurrence. If you think your ballsing it out even moderately hilly areas on a standard double, your touring will be very limited.
My Allez only had a triple because it was my first real road bike and I bought it used and get a hell of a deal and was poor at the time. I may very will be switching my 5700 2x10 to the allez from the SL Club if I upgrade that to Force over the winter. According to my database I have ridden on all of my triples combined (including mtb bikes) less than 15% of my miles this year. Where as I have used the Double setup for more than 85% of my miles this year. I ride anywhere from sea level to 3k ft altitude on a weekly basis and average from 2100 ft climbing on flat rides and from 5100 upwards to 6100ft of climbing on my typical rides.

rat fink

The question was addressed to all who apply, and some answered. A triple makes perfect sense for loaded touring, I wouldn't argue that it doesn't. All three rings on my mtb get a lot of use, but trails are often much steeper than paved roads.

thirdgenbird

i ride a more traditional 53/39 12-23 but my wife likes having the triple bailout because she would rather climb seated. i was surprised how many climbs she did in the 42-25 combination her first year out.

X-LinkedRider

Yes, not only steeper typically but the terrain is usually softer as well requireing a little bit more spinning.

Terry66

Yeah, triples are a big helping when touring. On a recent mini-tour, my bike was over 70lbs loaded down. It's like trying to get a semi truck up to speed.

Hey Barrett....its the Salsa Vaya. I thought about a cross bike for commuting/touring, but the lower BB on the Vaya and the relaxed geometry are great for long days in the saddle.

Hermes

Here is my triple 53/39/30 with an 11/28 10sp cassette.

rat fink

True. Here's mine:

rat fink

That rotor looks huge. It's not 203mm, isn't it? What braking equipment is that thing running? Looks sweet, from what I can see!

Barrettscv 

I'm in awe!

Hermes

It is a 10 inch rotor and uses the Santana WinZip brake. Better pic here.

rat fink

Oh, okay. That makes sense. I meant to say, the bike looks sweet, btw.

tinrobot

My Marin. Steel/Carbon frame.

cccorlew

I love my triple. 52-39-30. I'd love it more if that 30 was a 28 (which I've been told is impossible with Ultegra 6700.)

I'd enjoy a compact if I could get a 48-30 or some other silly-low combo that was a good as Ultegra.

Here's my ride. 2010 Specialized Roubaix. I know, no points for the top tube box, but I really wanted to use my slightly unwieldy-in-the-jersey camera.


giro d' vino 2 by ccorlew, on Flickr

freighttraininguphill

Those were the only pictures I had of those two bikes that showed the drivetrain. Both pictures were taken on climbing rides. I don't normally take pictures of my bikes indoors, but I'll make an exception now that I have a brand-new bike that I just finished setting up.

This is my new Bike Friday Pocket Companion with 52-42-24. I replaced the stock 30t with a 24. Cassette is 11-28, so this gives me a 16 inch low gear. That's lower than my mtb. I bought this bike solely for climbing the steepest hills I can find on trips in rental cars or other transportation where a full-size bike would be impractical.

If it doesn't rain, I'm taking it to San Francisco the day before Thanksgiving to test it out on the 31.5% grades there.

pallen

Sorry, I know this breaks all kinds of BF photo rules (the garage door is UP for crying out loud). But its all I have at the moment of my Kona with a triple. 2300 Baby! Its a great riding bike.

merlinextraligh

Somewhere Ben Cousins is snarling.

Bostic

Thread bump. My Pedal Force CG2 group buy originally had Sram Red Black but I moved those components over to my Volagi. Using the Praxis BB30 converter for the 6703 Triple crankset. Much better results than I had with the Wheels Manufacturing plug in adapters. Chain line is not thrown off now.



Took it out for some climbing on what was the hottest day of the year thus far in the Bay Area. The Garmin was reading 100-105 for most of the day.

https://app.strava.com/rides/10984965

p2templin

Here's our quad-ring drivetrain:

https://photos.templin.org/Tandem/TandemShoot-2.jpg

The intermediate shaft turns at twice our cadence, so the rings are half-sized. It's the equivalent of a 24-36-48-60 tooth ringset, mated to a 11-32 9-speed cassette.

Sixty Fiver

Half stepped 50/53 with a 40 tooth granny... this bike can pull stumps or pull me and 60 pounds of gear up the side of the mountain.



It also idles at nearly 30 kmh and when it is unloaded I rarely drop the chain off the 53 tooth chain wheel.

svtmike

Here's mine. Reserved mostly for the trainer and particularly challenging hill climb events.