I don't think the biggest issue is how it will shift. After all triple fronts are designed for a 22 tooth difference. Rather the shifting pattern gets very awkward when you go from 14 to 16. At 14 the next gear is typically two cogs away. At 16 your in no mans land, and at 18 and above the next gear is at the other end of the cassette. I really like a 48/34 and could probably get along with a 44/30, but I think for rings below that I would prefer to have the triple to widen the range without having to work so hard finding the next gear.
Michael On Mar 5, 5:38 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm running Ritchey/Sugino cranks on my Hillborne and another set > waiting for me to pay off my Bombadil. These are 94/58mm bolt circle > cranks. I love them and would but 5 more sets in 172.5 if I could. > They both came with 22/32/42 chainrings. I am running the Hilborne > right now as a wider range triple: 22/34/46. The cranks that are > going on to the Bombadil were last used as a double on a cyclocross > bike and worked great with a 30/44 with Campy ergo brifters. I'm > wondering what's the biggest jump on a double you've run. Kevens > dream Bomba has a 24/40, for 16t of jump. 34/50 is standard on > compact road cranks nowadays. I'm thinking of trying a 46/29 on these > Ritchey arms. I've never run TA or TA-style cranks that I think allow > even more flexibility. Has anyone ever run a 20+ tooth jump between > two chainrings? -- 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-bu...@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.
