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[Closed] a weeks tour in the pyrenees on a cx bike......

 ton
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will i be ok on a cx bike with a compact.
or would i be better with a triple.
never ridden in the pyrenees before so do not know what to expect.
going in 4 weeks can't wait.
anyone been, is it good...


 
Posted : 07/04/2009 1:05 pm
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Carrying panniers? Then a triple definately. It'll make those long climbs all the more enjoyable.


 
Posted : 07/04/2009 1:08 pm
 aP
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Compact will be fine - just put a 28 or 29 block on it.


 
Posted : 07/04/2009 1:08 pm
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Depends how heavily laden you are and the distances you plan on doing. I've only ever stayed around the Luchon area where [url= http://www.aquickrelease.com ]A Quick Release holidays[/url] are based and [b]from what I rode[/b] there's nothing that would need a triple but the guides reckoned that even they needed compacts on normal road bikes for some of the mountains there...


 
Posted : 07/04/2009 1:09 pm