My road bike (Specialized Tricross Sport) has a fairly standard 50/39/30 chainset with an 11-32 nine speed cassette.
I'm a 61 years old recreational rider and I never use the large chainwheel. The highest gear on the middle wheel (96) is really all I need. On the other hand, I could sometimes use a lower bottom gear.
A simple change would seem to be to swap out the chainset for a 44/32/22 mountain bike model. This would give me a range of 19 - 108 inches rather than 25 - 123 inches.
Would this work whilst keeping the Tiagra front changer and Tiagra STI levers?
Steve
I'm a 61 years old recreational rider and I never use the large chainwheel. The highest gear on the middle wheel (96) is really all I need. On the other hand, I could sometimes use a lower bottom gear.
A simple change would seem to be to swap out the chainset for a 44/32/22 mountain bike model. This would give me a range of 19 - 108 inches rather than 25 - 123 inches.
Would this work whilst keeping the Tiagra front changer and Tiagra STI levers?
Steve