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…

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?
😉

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?