Whats your chainring size/s ?

[lay]

Like i'm REAL specific on what ring size i use

42 / 53 - then a 23/21/19/18/17/16/15/14/13 (shimano)

I ask because some people ride, and I hate them: 50T chainrings (compact c.sets), admitedly, they're usefull for weekend cyclists imo...

If i get to really hilly/mountainous areas i will put a 39T on...

But this is the basis of my discussion;

I find, i can never get the same gear, generally, to ride about the same speed as people who ride them...

AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY...

OK - i know you can get similiar gear ratios etc etc ive heard that MANY times but theirs nothing like a 53 T for racing on..

I once bought a road bike that got me back into cycling and it was great a alu-framed Raleigh, big down tube, nice & stiff but the 1st thing to be changed, YES the chainset !

Thoughts........??????

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Cool story bro

 

[Ben M]

I don't get your point. You are saying that when you are riding with someone with a compact, you can't match their speed? That's surprising, because your ratios are pretty close together.

Just vary your cadence, perhaps.

 

[Mapster1989]

I live in Sheffield. A compact is my friend!

 

[mattobrien]

What really bugs me is people who ride doubles and then have 13t as their smallest cog on their cassette. It's only 4 revolutions of the wheel for one pedal stroke, where a compact with a 50-11 ratio will have 4.5 revolutions

I just find these folk too low geared to keep up with me when I am on the compact

Don't get me started about when I am on 53-11

 

[Mapster1989]

Like i'm REAL specific on what ring size i use

42 / 53 - then a 23/21/19/18/17/16/15/14/13 (shimano)

I ask because some people ride, and I hate them: 50T chainrings (compact c.sets), admitedly, they're usefull for weekend cyclists imo...

If i get to really hilly/mountainous areas i will put a 39T on...

But this is the basis of my discussion;

I find, i can never get the same gear, generally, to ride about the same speed as people who ride them...

AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY...

OK - i know you can get similiar gear ratios etc etc ive heard that MANY times but theirs nothing like a 53 T for racing on..

I once bought a road bike that got me back into cycling and it was great a alu-framed Raleigh, big down tube, nice & stiff but the 1st thing to be changed, YES the chainset !

Thoughts........??????

I'll not ask you what you think about those who ride fixed... we'll be here all week!

 

[lay]

Maps' dont start me mate...what happened to brakes and gears ???? lolz.....

 

[oldfatfool]

Or those of us who ride a triple

 

[Mapster1989]

Or those of us who ride a triple

Oooooo. If @lay had his way, that word would be censored on this forum.

 

[lay]

No, triples are ok that way you can ride a 42

lol

 

[4F]

48 fixed

 

[cyberknight]

Spin to win

 

[Archie_tect]

My old Dawes was a 52/39 with a rear freewheel 5 speed 11-25... it was fine when I was 22. Now it has a 5-speed 12-32 cassette it's still not as low as I need to get up the Ryals without keeling over.

 

[thegravestoneman]

Up until recently 54/42 on a 24/13 now on 50/39 on 25/12 I believe, I want my 54 back!

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Mines 50/39/30 with a 11-25t on the back.. I pity those who ride a 12t small cog

It's an outrage