As opposed to a half-step triple, where I find myself shifting the FD more often than the RD, I really don't shift the compact double FD that often. When you do shift to the small ring to climb, you can stay there a long time, as the small cogs on the small ring typically take you well into 50+" gears, which works for most off-road, and approach and plateau gears on steep road climbs (I have a 14% grade to get to my house). .
On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 8:36:56 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > If you're going to be between derailers anyroad, go without a FD, use a > stick shift. It's not the solution for everyone, but going without it will > teach you a surprising amount. At least it has me. (I ride FD free, a wide > double (my big chain ring is a rock guard) with my 38T a narrow-wide to > keep the chain on and my 24t one I only use bikepacking trails). > > With abandon, > Patrick > -- 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/d/optout.
