Thanks, Steve This cassette is for my 24/40 compact cranks. So I need the 11 to get me in the 94" range with my 650B x 40 tires so I don't spin out too, too soon on the long downhills. Also, on the other end of the cassette, I am a weakling rider and need the 32 cog to get up local hills and still stay in the big ring. Thus the wide range to stay in one ring. I use the 24 ring as a physical-gear-dump-bail-out on anything over 8% grades so I don't blow up and can get to the top without gasping for air. Huffing and puffing on rides too many times on 8%+ hills means me blowing up before the ride is through. So I like to take it easy on the steep stuff.
I don't know how people do mountainous centuries with 39/53 and 11-27 cassettes. I could not even ride my local hills with that gearing. Now with my 24-36-46 triple, I use a 7-speed 13-30. I spin out a little early for my taste, but tolerably so with that setup. I just coast when I get to 30mph. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
