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Bought my first road bike last year. Didn't know what I was doing -still don't, clearly!
The bike is set up with a 39/53 chainset paired with 12-27T cassette.
Is this a race set up?
Sometimes I struggle on a couple of steep climbs - Holden Lane out of Silsden and Otley Road out of East Morton.
What difference would be felt going to an 11-28 cassette?
The difference would be tiny.
If you are stuggling with steep terrain you might want to look at a triple or a compact chainset with smaller chainrings
Appears I know even less than I thought - the chainset is 50/56.
Is this not a Compact?
Do you mean 50/36?
Here is the spec for my bike :
- click on specification....
Looking like it is 50/34...wrongly assumed that Shimano 105 FC-5650 meant 56/50. All very confusing!
So your choices for lower gearing are either swap to a triple (but you'll also need to change the front mech). Or fit an mtb cassette with something like an 11-34 range but this will make the steps between all the gears larger