I really like my 36/46 on Surley Cross Check with 12/32 for everything On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Tomio Tran wrote:
> People are starting to realize that even compacts are geared pretty high > for the average person. a 50 is fine for me if I'm going out on a serious > ride or I am riding in a paceline, but for rides like the commute, I prefer > going with a lower top end gear to prevent too much front shifting and > cross chaining. I run a 48/34 on my commuting/trail 650B bike, and I even > think I can use a 46. > > On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:49:57 AM UTC-8, 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/-/pDEjmlrpYrcJ. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- 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.
