Anne-
My wife and I also live in Colorado and both of us have triple cranks on
our Roadeos. Debbie's gearing is a 24-36-46 crank with 12-28 cassette.
My crank is 26-40-50 with a 13-29 cassette. So our low gears are quite
low, mid-twenties in gear inches. Yes, we can find paved roads with
grades >10% (Boulder to Ward) and I sure need the low gears.
It also depends on whether you ride with a high cadence or not. In the
words of one of my students who races, "are you a spinner or a masher?"
Doug Way
Boulder, CO
On 9/12/10 10:08 AM, Anne Paulson wrote:
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Ray Shine<r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Very nice. Understated, almost. I like it a lot. Why a triple instead of
a compact double? Colorado?
I have a Roadeo too, and mine has a triple crank too. Can someone
explain why I would have wanted a compact double instead? I thought I
wouldn't have been able to get a wide enough gear range with a double,
compact or otherwise.
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