Bought a new custom fitted bike in London, specifically
designed to assist an old man do the Etape with his son.
Campag Centaur equipment.
After considerable discussion on lowest gear that I might
need I thought we had settled on front triple 52/39/32 and
rear of 13 -29. Lowest ratio x
1.10 -- top of x 4.00
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.
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 -- because if they had told me that I might
have asked for a 12 / 26 cassette -- giving a low of x 1.15
and a high of x 4.33. Rog