Road or MTB Chainset?
compact road.
Cheers Colin, ideas for next years build...
What were you using this year Dan ? I didn't notice you going slow or anything LOL.
An old Middleburn single 44t, tapers shot now though so need to replace.
As said, compact road (maybe with a 48 outer) - just the ticket.
Normal road on a standard CX bike.
But CX bikes should run 44:16 fixed at the very least. Everyone knows that.
46-36 here...
Seems spot on for me...
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if you are planning on riding it properly...compact road TRIPLE.
mine came with a triple and it lets me go anywhere.
i've just replaced it ... with the same. very versatile bike.
For proper CX racing something close like 36/46.
For general versatility, 34/48
36/46 on a 110pcd(compact road) chainset, 12/25 cassette
46/39 with 28t cassette
34/46 with ?-25 cassette.
MTB chainset with Velosolo 34 on singlespeed
Single ring 38t with a 12-25 cassette
Compact road 50/36 with a 11-25 chainset seems to work best for cross and road use.
Anything less than 50 up front would limit it's road potential IMO.
Only missed a triple when doing fully loaded tours, a double looks better too.
34/46 and a 13-29 cassette on mine, great for general trail riding and have toured the length of Ireland with it like that
Have wheels with a 12-25 cassette for road work...which I use about twice a year
single 38t and 11-28t cassette
Anything with three chain rings is a tourer isn't it?
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42-18 is for winners
For proper CX racing something close like 36/46.
For general versatility, 34/48
+1
Maybe even a standard 34/50 for general versatility if you ride somewhere flattish.
Be aware that you won't be able to fit anything smaller than a 39t* on a Standard double. A Compact (with its smaller BCD) may give you more versatility if you want to change rings around.
(*possible 38t, but I'm happy to be proven wrong).
Thanks for all these, I ran a single 44 up front with a 11-32 or something pretty wide on the back for racing. It seemed to work pretty well but I do tend to grind and bare it rather than spin up any inlines. Trying to learn to spin a lot more this year so may stick with the double compact for now.
38:18 😀
46/38/26 here for the three peaks I cant ride Penyghent lane otherwise as I am knackered by then!
i'm using the cranks from my mtb, wanged on a single 38t and using 12-28 cassette. fine for me off road
if going double for more road use i'd probably use a 36t and 46 something like that or maybe 34-44, if hilly area?
