HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
It's OK if you've got a 50T+ rear cog but I'm stuck on 46T!
The QUICK question thread.....
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HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Haha chunt.You've got to search for the 'women's' version if you want 30T'
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
30T all the way with my builds.
It's the 50T out back that defines gender.
It's the 50T out back that defines gender.
moorey
call me Mia
I’m right with you. Now I’m old I have 30 up front with 10-46. Felix on the other hand won’t let me fit smaller than 34 with his 10-46. Cuss that.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
I quite like the idea of the 11-50 Advent X with a 30T SLX chainset.
moorey
call me Mia
It was only about 7 years ago I thought I was doing it easy with 36 and 11-36 (after progressing from 11-32). My eyes water these days thinking about such nonsense.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Phew, lucky I've got a 51T not a "girly" 50T!
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Couldn't believe when I used to ride 34:34 that people wanted 42t cassettes. Then I got one, and couldn't believe that people wanted 50t. Then I got one.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
How steep are you guys climbing?
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
About a 13-15% gradient (for a few minutes) in my case. It is fireroad, but a fine layer of granitic sand over hardpack makes traction for standing/mashing pretty limited so seated grind is normally the most "efficient" choice. That's with a 32t chainring and 27.5x2.5 rear tyre. 29ers I normally run 30t as the ratios feel about the same as 32t on a 27.5. Only exception for me has been the 29er XC bike - it has a 34t as it's just light and enthusiastic to climb and like @Isaakk says won't run out of legs of flat fireroad or bikepaths.
EDIT: Also, I generally only ride once a weekend and have a (very) sedentary weekday job. I could climb harder gears if I rode more, but realistically this is where I'm at currently.
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moorey
call me Mia
For me, barely claimable, but the eagle guys fare no better.
Saturday morning loop isn’t huge elevation, but 50% of it is in super steep sections only a few 100m long.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
To be honest, the 50t helps mostly with traction more than legs. Often it means you can climb the steeper shorter pinches seated that you'd otherwise end up walking because getting out of the saddle to stomp a harder gear would just see you spinning the rear wheel and toppling over. There's not much around in the way of sustained climbs that are also steep enough to necessitate it, though there'd be some bits of fireroad in the Dandenongs/Red Hill that would top 15-20% without much trouble.
wkkie
It's Not Easy Being Green
moorey
call me Mia
And the range on the Zerode?42-36 on the hardtail here! Harden up!
(Due to the lack of hills...
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Given my big climb is up the hill to ride, about 100m elevation over ~7km, I've really little understanding of how these mega range cassettes work. Is this stuff significantly steeper/longer/bigger than you used to climb without the pizza trays? Or did you have the shameful triple front?
I do sometimes ride up the fire road at ourimbah, well not for a long time actually. Even if I could pedal up it, I'd probably still push narra.
I do sometimes ride up the fire road at ourimbah, well not for a long time actually. Even if I could pedal up it, I'd probably still push narra.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Try 100m in a quarter of a km.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
I'd rather not. I ride down, not up.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Ahh ebike life
moorey
call me Mia
That’s why Jebus invented switchbacks.