But Jim's shop is in Minnesota (as am I). There are no ridiculously steep roads here. While I have medium low gearing on my bikes (usually 26 or 24 up front with 32 to 36 in rear) I rarely use my granny gear unless loaded up.
Then again, I no longer ride with folks as am too fat and slow. And still have been known to zig-zag up hills. Oh, and as to weight, have said before that none of my bikes is under 35 pounds. And that's without the bags, tools, tubes and other stuff usually added. Probably when underway everything is 40 to 45 pounds. Guess I don't care what the MCRB crowd does as I have nothing to do with them at all. Unless they yell at me while passing. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 30, 6:09 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > Cyclery<thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Re: complicated triples. > > Hmm. My Roadeo has a 28 in the front, and a 34 low, or it might be a > 32. And I use that low gear at least once a week. But then, I like to > climb long, ridiculously steep roads. > > > With STI shifters, which are ubiquitous in the high-end road bike market, > > shifting with triples has always been finicky. Recent STI seems better, but > > still not as simple as it is with friction. > > > Like DougP said, road triples have just a 30t low (and a 50t or 52t big > > ring). I assume it's customary to combine that with a 12-27 so chain wrap > > considerations don't cause problems. With the compact double and a 34t > > small ring, you could more easily use a 11-32 or whatever without chain > > wrap being such an important variable. Therefore, the low gear in both > > setups may be similar. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
