Hello,
I hope you can help me out with some recommendations on what to do to help me deal with hills. I bought a Specialized Allez sport frame when I was in London last summer. It's been a great bike and the gearing in London was no problem with it being basically flat. I have now moved to Swansea, it is not quite as flat and I am struggling a little bit with the hills. On top of the sudden addition of hills, I am not long out of plaster and just coming back to fitnees(thats a bit optimistic but you get the point). Basically I am running out of gears.
I have got Campagnolo Centaur 53/39 Chain ring with a 23/12 10 speed cassette on the back. I was thinking about changing the chain rings to a 50/36 or even a 50/33 and keep the rear the same.
Does anyone have any thoughts on ratios that I may find useful and suggestions for replacements for the Centaur (not sure but looks like if I want to change the rings I have to change the cranks too).
Thanks very much for any help you can offer.
Dean
I hope you can help me out with some recommendations on what to do to help me deal with hills. I bought a Specialized Allez sport frame when I was in London last summer. It's been a great bike and the gearing in London was no problem with it being basically flat. I have now moved to Swansea, it is not quite as flat and I am struggling a little bit with the hills. On top of the sudden addition of hills, I am not long out of plaster and just coming back to fitnees(thats a bit optimistic but you get the point). Basically I am running out of gears.
I have got Campagnolo Centaur 53/39 Chain ring with a 23/12 10 speed cassette on the back. I was thinking about changing the chain rings to a 50/36 or even a 50/33 and keep the rear the same.
Does anyone have any thoughts on ratios that I may find useful and suggestions for replacements for the Centaur (not sure but looks like if I want to change the rings I have to change the cranks too).
Thanks very much for any help you can offer.
Dean