No one here has a flippin clue what you need. Since you rode a whole month ago you should have an idea of whether what you were using worked or not, and if not which direction to go to fix it. I't's not like you are a n00b that just fell off the potatoe wagon.Andrepaul said:
Friends I have swear by compacts over triples having used both. They weigh less and look better. Unless you live in the Alps or similar do you really need a tiny granny gear? The gear range is better with less huge jumps across the block.Andrepaul said:
I'd go over to Sheldon Brown's website and use the gear calculator to check the differences between a triple and compact. If you got a compact 50-34 and 13-29 Chorus cassette, you'd be covering most of the range of a triple.mark higgins said:
Ditto on the compact. I use a 50-36 compact with a 12-25 ultegra cassette and I like it a lot. The hills here in central PA aren't easy (but they're not exactly the rockies), and I don't ever see a need for the granny gears a triple offers.bbattle said:
You somehow managed to bold the pretty much the same part without really reading it. A 24 tooth granny is a rather extreme case. I've seen bikes set up for Mt. Washington with bigger rings than that. Normal people riding on normal roads can get the gears they need with either a tripple or a compact.boudreaux said:
Do you even know what the real point is? And how is it contrary to my statement? I never said anything about absolute lowest gear.boudreaux said:
Think about it. If you have a 30 granny on the triple and go with a compact The smallest chainring you can use is a 33.Compacts typically come with a 34. Given the same big cog for each, you cannot get as low a gearing with a compact. Lets just assume you are using shimano and their biggest road cog cassette has a 27. No way can you get the low gearing of a triple with a compact.....The other guy just added to n00bs confusion with his inane statement.....Certainly, if you have a 23 or 25 cog with your 30 granny( 35 and 32 gear inches), you can go with a compact with a 34 and a 27 cog(34 gear inches) and get back to about where you were.If you already have a 27 cog on there it ain't going to happen with a compact without a custom cassette or BTB cassette to get a bigger cog....Sheldon Brown has a gear inch chart at www.harriscyclery.com Learn to use it.Andrepaul said:
Read post 12 and try and comprehend the confusion your inane statement has thrown into an otherwise simple concept. Gear inches is a simple enough concept,but n00bs have enough trouble with it without inane pronouncements like ...'you can get pretty much the same with either'... or whatever. Simply put you can always get lower gearing with the triple if low gears is what one needs.artmichalek said:
Simple answer using a gear inch chart. The 30-26 is 31 gear inches,and to get that low with a compact crank and a 34 small ring,you need a 30 big cog. If you use the 30 granny and don't plan on getting alot stronger,you are better off sticking with it.Andrepaul said:
Well, obviously you have to eat more spinach or be stronger to use a 34-27 if you had been defaulting to the 30-27.That isn't genius work. I use to default to the 30,and now do the same ride in the 52 with the same big cog.Spinach and training harder works.And this happened when I was older than dirt,and I'm now another 6 years older than old dirt.Bruce L said:
