Whats your chainring size/s ?

[ColinJ]

I'm not exactly sure what the point of this thread is but just to annoy lay ...

On my Basso, I use a 52 rather a 53. I might just be excused for that, but it is used with a 14-tooth smallest sprocket.

It is part of a triple chainset, but I decided to be annoying with the middle ring too, and swapped that for a 39.

Oh, and the 30-tooth little ring has been replaced by a 26!

Sorry!

 

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

< races on a compact.


To hell with me now?

 

[Cyclopathic]

I ride with a double up front comprised of a 72 and a 26 and on the back it goes from about 5 teeth on the small cog up to god knows what. I can't stand anybody who uses anything else. There's something wrong with 'em.

 

[jowwy]

Sabbath is 50/39/30 with a 12/30 cassette (10 speed)

Defy 4 is 50/39/30 with a 12/26 cassette (8 speed)

Jamis dakota 29er comp is 42/32/22 with a 12/36 cassette (10 speed)

 

[Andrew_P]

With a specially made 11-6 on the back

 

[Milzy]

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........??????

 

[Boris Bajic]

Fixed, it's a 50, because that was the larger ring on it at the time. The sprocket varies according to mood.

Geared, it's 53/39 on the road bike. At the rear is a fairly standard 10-speed running 12 to 23.

It sounds as if the OP has a decent spread of gears and ought to be able to match most people on most road bikes.

As this is an important topic, I took the trouble to consult with God, Allah and other deities minor and major. They all abhor triples, apart from Ganesh who likes a little singletrack MTB action and Buddha who is keen on touring with fully-loaded front and rear panniers... But you know what Buddha can be like with technical stuff and gearing.

God (and all his pals) say that proper bicycles ought to have 53/39 at the front. They were going to put that in the Holy Scriptures, but they sort of got sidelined with rules about morality, diet and murder.

 

[Boris Bajic]

View attachment 28184


With a specially made 11-6 on the back

Do I see a cotter pin?

How very, very old-school...

I have cotterless cranks on my 82-tooth chainring.

 

[Hacienda71]

My Carlton is 52-42 front 13-18 rear. Not so good in the proper hills even for nutters.:troll:

 

[Venod]

When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed gearing help in any way, but now these days are gone and the legs are not so self assured now I find I've changed my gears to smaller than before.

Was 52/42 with a 13-21 or 13-24

Now 50/34 with a 12-30

Thing is I don't seem to have slowed a lot, the cadence has gone up over the years, I think I developed the higher cadence from a lot of MTB.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

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

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

Do you mean you ride faster than someone you are out with if they are running a compact and you get really miffed off because you have to keep slowing down to match them ?

If so, I'll come for a ride out with you on my measly 50-34. I wonder if you would still be able to read what it says on the back of my jersey after we've been out for 10 minutes ? The big letters may help..... A little bit...... :-)

 

[GrasB]

Or those of us who ride a triple

Yeah MTFU & get a triple... a real triple! 36/48/64

 

[classic33]

Or those of us who ride a triple

Like a 42-52-62, with an 11 - 24 on the rear & 50% on top provided by the hub gear.

View attachment 28184


With a specially made 11-6 on the back

What does that equate to, given there's teeth missing. Nice to see toe clips & straps in use.

 

[GrasB]

Like a 42-52-62, with an 11 - 24 on the rear & 50% on top rovided by the hub gear.

What sized rear wheel?

 

[classic33]

What sized rear wheel?

27 inch