On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > >> > Peh! > >> > > >> > Granny gears... > >> > >> Har! How quickly you forget those mountains in North Carolina! (And you > >> didn't get to experience any of the *serious* mountains that I got to > >> climb on that century...) > > > > I was just teasing. I knew it would get a rise out of you! :-) > > > > Granny rings are known to save knees, especially in the mountains. > > > > I was running a 42-21 as my smallest gear, and that was way too big. > > You're right, we didn't really ride any mountains on our little ride. > > I'd have wanted a 39 ring, and maybe a 23 cog to do those mountains. > > A granny ring might have been nice, too. > > > Oh, geez. I feel like a wuss now. My lowest gear is a 40-34 and I use > it. A lot. Once the tourer is finished it will be 28-34. That's 22" > of hill-climbing goodness. :) >
You feel like a wuss? my HIGHEST gear on my road ride is 44x12, and that with 26" MTB wheels. Lowest on that ride is 32x25 as I've got the 22t granny locked out. I really need to buy a 48t 94bcd ring for that bike (Biggest ring you can get in 94bcd). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
