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RogerC <[email hidden]> wrote:

: In practice they have fitted 50/40/30 ( which I did not notice until I was
: home) -- giving a low of x 1.03 and a high of x 3.84. I may well need
: the very lowest gearing -- but now the whole bike is geared a good bit
: lower.

Personally I really like 30/40/50. You'll not really need a gear bigger than
50x13 anyway on a ride that long unless you are *very* fit.

: Question was the discussion on 52 / 39 / 32 pointless as the triple can
: never be set up that way -- and might / should they have gone 52 / 42 / 30
: which seems a more normal front triple set up

Depends. You can spend more time in the middle ring with a 40 and it's a smaller
drop to the little ring, which is nice.

In practice, since it's there, I'd not worry.

Arthur

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"Arthur Clune" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

: Question was the discussion on 52 / 39 / 32 pointless as the triple can
: never be set up that way -- and might / should they have gone 52 / 42 /

30

Quoted message said:

: which seems a more normal front triple set up

Depends. You can spend more time in the middle ring with a 40 and it's a

smaller

Quoted message said:

drop to the little ring, which is nice.

In practice, since it's there, I'd not worry.

Arthur

Thx Arthur for your assurance -- but when you are on 50/40/30 do you have a
12/26 on the back or this very low 13/29

Mind you -- old man -- etape -- may be I shall be very grateful for the 30
/29 -- just seems weird at the moment -- mind you I do live in East Anglia
so perhaps that has something to do with it
Roger C

RogerC <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Thx Arthur for your assurance -- but when you are on 50/40/30 do you have a
: 12/26 on the back or this very low 13/29

Me? I use 34/48 instead of a triple with either 12/23 (normally) or 13/26 (for
the alps/lakes etc). But I'm skinny and climb well.

But note the top gear 48x12 = 52x13 which isn't that much bigger than 50x13. And
I TT, road race and do very fast group rides on that.

: Mind you -- old man -- etape -- may be I shall be very grateful for the 30
: /29 -- just seems weird at the moment -- mind you I do live in East Anglia
: so perhaps that has something to do with it

It never hurts to have a low gear you don't use. And if it means you can keep
riding after 120 miles in 30+C heat and hills then it's really worth while.

For most people, more low gears and better spacing at the front is more sensible
than a having a few big gears at the top.

Arthur

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Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
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