Patrick, Drew and everyone, Eurosport said it was a 44t chainring with a "pie plate" cassette" during the live broadcast, you can see it here : https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/giro-d-italia/2023/primoz-roglic-mechanical-watch-the-moment-giro-ditalia-dreams-crumbled-until-he-stormed-back-to-win_sto9626269/story.shtml
The announcers Rob Hatch and Sean Kelley saying "oh no not again" is in reference to his past history of disastrous things happening to him on in stage races. But he was a champion pro ski jumper before he switched to pro cycling, so no matter what happens it's always "next jump". No time to worry over what was. He's multi Grand Tour winner anyways. That he didn't grow up a bike racer he has no fear of ditching "pro cycling tradition" because it's "next jump", all about embracing The Present. Sean Kelley saying "we've had the discussion of the one ring, but let's not get into that now" . He was a pro racer in the Lemond days and has a very dry wit about him, he can be very funny ! So if Drew said SRAM only has the 10-44 then that's what is was. If you ask most racers what their preferred ring is to ride all the time it is inevitably the big ring. A 44t for an uphill TT qualifies as a big(enough) ring. I don't know exactly what it is about riding big rings and big cogs but it just feels more efficient than a small ring. Pros will often ride up mountains in the big ring and largest cog, which can be anywhere from a 53/34 to a 50/28 and the like. I know on my road bike my favorite uphill combo is a 46/28 for as long as I can take it. I have a 32 max but I guess I'm too cautious to ride that ! -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/26e4f75f-6c79-42f0-9783-0f1723489299n%40googlegroups.com.
