One thing to consider is the importance of being in your big ring for the downhills for two reasons: To lessen chain slap and, in the case of a crash, the teeth on the big ring are under the chain and its better to be covered in greasy chain marks on your legs VS the teeth of the exposed big ring tearing into flesh!
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:49:57 AM UTC-7, Michael wrote: > > I have a compact crankset that came on the Bleriot with 36/50 rings. I > spend 95% of my time in the small ring because my area is rolling terrain > and I am just not strong enough to stay in the big ring for very long > around here. > So my question is: > > Does one need to train to be strong enough to stay in the big ring alot? > > I am under the impression that people stay in the big ring and only drop > to the small ring for climbs. I am average size and build. What am I > missing? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4mnTRn1lZykJ. 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.
