Im back to road biking after a long long break. Currently using an FCR2 which as a triple is a half decent climber. Im already though looking round at some expensive carbon drop bar stuff.
What concerns me is having spent 2k of my hard earned is whether i would actually be able to actually get to the top of hills on a compact chainset. Apart from Trek most of the 'boutique' bikes are all compact.
I thought i recall a thread about this but cant find it so my question is
....Can I get a gianribbldolanorbeafeltetc with a compact set up and still have half a chance of not pushing up hill.
What concerns me is having spent 2k of my hard earned is whether i would actually be able to actually get to the top of hills on a compact chainset. Apart from Trek most of the 'boutique' bikes are all compact.
I thought i recall a thread about this but cant find it so my question is
....Can I get a gianribbldolanorbeafeltetc with a compact set up and still have half a chance of not pushing up hill.