Aaron: thanks for the response, I appreciate the feedback on the shifters. The gearing is a bit overkill, true. But it's appropriate for a Clyde (the cycling community often underestimates the contribution of old shotputters in the peloton). My frequent rides include Death Ride routes, Levi's Granfondo, and Sonoma County roads with 18% grades. I'm fifty and fit - resting heart 42 - - but not light or lithe. Sometimes on the hills I pass guys your size (50 pounds less than me), but not very often. Like once a year. So yes, the gearing is probably overkill - - but I have the cranks laying around my toolbench, so - depending on what other feedback may suggest - I may end up using them. > > The only thing that strikes me odd is your thought about using a crank > with 26-42 chainrings with an 11-32 cassette. I don't know your level > of fitness or how much you weigh, but I would imagine that that's > overkill. Since the Roadeo is not intended to carry loads, all you > have is you and your bike (and maybe a small saddlebag). I would > imagine that the stock SRAM compact crank of 50-34 or 50-36, combined > with an 11-32, is more than sufficient to get you anywhere you want to > go. > > For comparison, I weigh about 155-60, ride completely unloaded (except > for a small saddlebag toolkit), and I'm able to get up even the > steepest grades with a 50-36 and 12-27, although sometimes I wish I > had a 34t inner ring or maybe a 28t big cassette. > text -
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