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  • What cassette/ratios on your CX?
  • IHN
    Full Member

    The ‘will he ever actually build it’ CX/commute/general roadiness frame is actually, nearly built. So, down to the bike-nerd nitty-gritty, i.e. gear ratios. It’s got a 50/34 chainset and the cassette I have is a 13-25.

    Will that do? Well, obviously it’ll do, but people seem to have strong opinions about these things, so feel free to speak them.

    crazy-legs
    Full Member

    For commuting/roadie stuff, yes it’ll work although off-road you may find yourself struggling a bit on steep climbs.

    Mine is 34/48 with a 12-27 cassette but it sees a fair bit of off-road and I need the lower gears!

    marcus
    Free Member

    Planning on getting stronger, and not going with a triple ?

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    Steve-Austin
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    50/34 and a 12/27 for me. big gaps between 50 and 34 but it does for for everything

    JoB
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    you should be fine, hill/leg ratio depending obviously, although the 50/34 gap would annoy the tits off me

    gavtheoldskater
    Free Member

    12/27 with a 36/50 on the cx with road tyres, 11/32 with 26/36/48 on my other cx bike – very very rarely use the granny ring.

    also have a bike i use as a shopper with panniers etc, thats cobbled together with an 11/34 and 32/42/52 and gets me up anything when fully loaded.

    breatheeasy
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    I’m with crazy-legs – 34/48 up front, 12-27 at the back.

    simon1975
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    39/53 and 12-28 for CX and occasional road. Not enough ground clearance with the 53T ring, but it’s rapid on the tarmac

    aP
    Free Member

    My old CX was 46/38 with a variety of blocks for different conditions, the one I’ve just bought has 50/34 and will probably be de-105’d in a couple of months for Centaur and I’ll probably put an old set of Chorus carbon 48/34 cranks on.

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