I switched the conventional 46/36/24 X2D setup for a 38/24 and I have most of the range and easier shifting. I've set it up for largely flat but sandy terrain, where with pavement a range from mid 80s to 40" is ample; the 24 takes me down to 25" for the very occasional steep hills like those I rode today, up the side of our West Mesa, with a nasty westerly in my face.
38/24 X 13-14-15-16-17-18-20-23-27; the triple was something like 46/36/24 X 16-17-18-19-20-22-24-27-30, with the crank set up so that the 46 was the cruising ring. Neither of these are good (as I know from experience) on steep singletrack, where you want those intermediate gears from 60 down to 30 or so, but for my flat-land-with-panic-hills, the double is great. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:44 AM, drew beckmeyer <drewbeckme...@gmail.com> wrote: > i've been starting to wonder this same thing. i have the triple xd2 and > find myself almost never using the big ring on the hunqapillar. i kind of > figure that the weight differential is pretty minimal and that there is no > real compelling reason to switch (other than the ongoing desire to keep > tinkering). is that an accurate assessment? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
