I just see no reason not to go with a triple. I’ve got a 1x in traffic on my middle ring not too badly cross chained all the way up and down where I can go from a dead stop all the way up into the 20’s. I’ve got my granny for steep hills or long climbs where I want a better chainline or I’m tired or have a heavy load and I’ve got a slightly bigger chainring for a bit higher end or better chainline or for half stepping to find the perfect gear on longer runs. I don’t need no pins or ramps and I try to find rings so I have no duplicate gears. Range plus small steps plus better chainlines - I’ve just never understood why not. I don’t care if you’ve got 20 cogs on the back the gap between 11T and 12T is always the same but I can half step it. Obviously, it is a personal thing but those are my reasons and would never envision myself riding a double regularly because no matter what I can do with a 1x or 2x, I can do it better with a 3x. If I ever do buy a “race” bike, first change I would make is to put a triple on it.
I’ve often wondered why the domestiques don’t ride triples. Rather than coming to a grinding halt when their turn is done, they could drop to the granny and be fresher the next day? If it is a few grams then why not shave the beard and head or lose the jewelry? I suspect it is an image thing but then I’ve never raced so I really don’t know anything at all. Bill -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
