have you been through a gear calculator? http://sheldonbrown.com/gears/ put in the gears you know you're keeping, include the 50 chainring first, then vary the 50 (smaller) and check the results. If you find a chainring size that gives you more useful gears and few overlaps, it's worth swapping out the big chainring to something (not randomly) smaller.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:49:57 AM UTC-6, Michael wrote: > > I have a compact crankset that came on the Bleriot with 36/50 rings. I > spend 95% of my time in the small ring because my area is rolling terrain > and I am just not strong enough to stay in the big ring for very long > around here. > So my question is: > > Does one need to train to be strong enough to stay in the big ring alot? > > I am under the impression that people stay in the big ring and only drop > to the small ring for climbs. I am average size and build. What am I > missing? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/1SV2hDHYqRkJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
