ok, my bad. good luck with getting your bike together. maybe get a saturday job in your lbs or something
Originally posted by Kaboom
What kind of cranks are you riding?
Originally posted by merubeyurubu
Surely a 53/39 with 12/27 cassette is the best (cheapest) option unless you're a racer?? 39-27 is a low enough gear for most steep climbs while 53-12 is tall enough for some pretty serious downwind runs...
Originally posted by OHsingltrakr
Old mountain bike: granny and middle with bash ring
New mountain bike: stock trriple
City bike: stock triple
Road bike: 105 double, but after vacationing in smoky mountains might consider a triple if I lived in that hilly an area.
Originally posted by ProfTournesol
camag Centaur triple on my Look Carbon. I can't keep my cadence (90-100) uphill without the triple, and then I slow down too much and also lactate up too much. I love my triple! I recently changed it from a 30 to a 28 so that I could keep the cadence on even steeper hills.
Originally posted by wadoflove
Hi ProfT,
I just ordered a bike with an ultegra triple. I was thinking of going with a 32-42-53 on the front and a 12-21 on the back. I will be riding some 10 percenters in the summer maybe even steeper (I know a climb that is 20% for about 400 meters which I had to tack on in the past). Should I go for a 12-23 on the back? I was riding these types of climbs with a 42-53 and 12-23 in the past but I'm too old now.
Thanks,
Wad (ol)
Originally posted by Kaboom
What kind of cranks are you riding?
Originally posted by Kaboom
What kind of cranks are you riding?
Originally posted by Kaboom
What kind of cranks are you riding?
Originally posted by wadoflove
Hi ProfT,
....I was riding these types of climbs with a 42-53 and 12-23 in the past but I'm too old now.
Thanks,
Wad (ol)
Originally posted by rider
You said it. Ypu're too old now. Give it up.
Rider.
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A triple! Goes without saying.Originally posted by rider
A triple! Goes without saying.
Why have a double when you can have a triple!
Rider
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Saw a quad when I was riding in Iowa (who knew Iowa was so hilly). BTW the EC stands for East Coast which may explain the single speed. Hopefully all of this dialog was helpful for you, but you should get what works for you. Don't trash your knees to ride a double or get a triple just because you can - evaluate your riding situation and (to quote F. Mercury) "get on your bikes and ride".Originally posted by Kaboom
What kind of cranks are you riding?
Originally posted by thotdoc
Why? Because you can have all the benefits of a triple with a compact double without the extra cost and weight and extra width. I can't think of any other reasons.
Gordon
Originally posted by wadoflove
Hi ProfT,
I just ordered a bike with an ultegra triple. I was thinking of going with a 32-42-53 on the front and a 12-21 on the back. I will be riding some 10 percenters in the summer maybe even steeper (I know a climb that is 20% for about 400 meters which I had to tack on in the past). Should I go for a 12-23 on the back? I was riding these types of climbs with a 42-53 and 12-23 in the past but I'm too old now.
Thanks,
Wad (ol)
Originally posted by James Dalton
I ride a triple but have never used the granny ring - it came with the bike and am embarassed by it! It would have to be a very steep and very long hill to need it!
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