My confusion, in the picture it looked like a triple to me. But, for the record. Your 50/12 combination yields 112 gear inches while my 44/11 is 108. Your 34/29 is 32 G.I. while my 30/28 is 29. Not a great deal of difference to be sure. Vermont, where I live and ride, provides a lot of rolling terrain with rapid changes between plus and minus 10% with some 14-16% thrown in for extra fun. It's like skiing moguls, only works if you are very aggressive. I like to squeeze the most out of the bottom of my dbl., but don't need more than 108 to launch me off the top. If I know I will have a long climb at 8% or more, I reach for a triple with a low gear around 26, and a kleenex for my tears.
Michael On Saturday, November 16, 2013 9:03:08 PM UTC-5, Don Compton wrote: > > Michael, > I am running a double, 50-34 rings, 12-29 cassette, but I can run a > Shimano 11-32 on a Shimano compatible hub, which I will use for tough hilly > rides and multi-day rides. The 11 cog is totally useless for me ( even the > 12 is marginal ), but no one offers a 11 sp cogset with less that an 11 cog > on low range cassettes. > Oh well? > > On Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:23:37 PM UTC-8, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> Beautiful bike, Don, and I too like the front fender set up. I've gone >> back and forth about front vs rear bags. My question though is why you run >> a triple with a 34 inner tooth? I run my Ram with a White VBC 44/30 and >> Ultegra 9 spd 11-28. It would seem that with an 11 spd you should have an >> 11 in back which would make a 48/11 a pretty big gear and no need for 3 >> rings to get to 34/29? >> >> Michael >> >> >> On Friday, November 15, 2013 7:24:12 PM UTC-5, Don Compton wrote: >>> >>> Going 11 allows me to use Shimano/Sram compatible 11sp. hubs and >>> cassettes. With eleven, I am not stuck with only Campy cassettes or crappy >>> IRD cassettes. >>> Leonard Zinn has been testing using Campy 11sp. shifters and derailleurs >>> with Sram and Shimano 11sp cassettes on non-Campy rear hubs. He didn't even >>> have to change or adjust anything. >>> And, I like to have a 32 cog available. >>> >>> On Friday, November 15, 2013 3:09:26 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: >>>> >>>> I liked the look of Mark's Roadeo in a recent Blug post. Does he use 11? >>>> >>>> Don: curious why you like 11 instead of 10? (Not trying to sneak a >>>> criticism in under guise of a question.) I could usefully add #10 to the >>>> Fargo's current 9, for another intermediate low gear, but I can't hack 10s >>>> the way I can hack 9s and fewer (I mean, I don't like stock >>>> configurations, >>>> but I can't adapt 10s without too much hassle.) >>>> >>>> Photo, please? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Don Compton <dpc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I totally ride and believe in Rivendell bikes. But, I like the new >>>>> 11sp stuff. I am going with Campy 11sp. with a TA Zephyr 110 crank. 34 >>>>> inner ring with a 12-29 cassette that works for me. The shift lever along >>>>> with my Shimano brake release gives me some workability with wide tires. >>>>> For me, its a perfect combo. >>>>> Don >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* >>>> Certified Resume Writer >>>> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >>>> patric...@resumespecialties.com >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>>> >>>> Albuquerque, NM >>>> >>> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
