Great buy. It's a very good value and a nice bike. Many happy miles!!!:D
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Great buy. It's a very good value and a nice bike. Many happy miles!!!:D
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Originally Posted by parity
Right, but I was expecting and wanted 53-11. Right now I have 50-12. I've already ordered the 11X27, but need to get the 53X39.
Holy smokes that is one decked out Trike! Wooweee! NICE!
I see many many.. many fast miles on this 'un! Happy journeys, Silver!!
P.S. I didn't mean to copy the sentiment "love at first sight" about my new ride too... just coincidently we had the same experience! hee...
Silver, we expect you to shatter your TT records this year. ;)
Nice! Whoever did you fit is spot on! That bike fits you like a glove. Looks like my husband's P2C is going to California. Sad but he can't ride it. Good luck with that bad boy.
I think her point is that there is a bigger difference in gear ratios between a 50/12 vs a 50/11 (8.4%) than between a 50/11 vs a 53/11 (5.6%). SO, in other words I think you will be much happier when they install your 11/27 casette. With that being said, I do think it is unusual to build a time trial bike with a compact crank, so I hope they'll swap it out for free.
I don't time trial so I have no idea how high you need this kind of bike geared, but perhaps you should go even larger than 53. I have seen some TT bikes with even bigger front rings, say 55.
Here are some numbers to think about:
53/11 126.6
50/11 119.5
50/12 109.5
53/12 116.1
55/11 131.4
55/12 120.5
Let us know what you end up with. Its common to need to tweak a new bike a little. Cervelos seem to just wanna go fast!