1001 Questions on buying a new bike

[Kathi]

A 2 links from the Serotta forum on bike fitting and the custom fitting process.

http://www.serotta.com/forum/showthr...ght=custom+fit

http://www.serotta.com/forum/showthr...ght=custom+fit

[Thorn]

Thanks for the input on gearing. You both kicked me into doing the research on the compact double. I was looking at the triple like I look at my bi-focals--old age just forces some decisions. But, "because" isn't a good reason.

So, I went off and found a gear-inch calculator and did some research. I can now say that I could put a compact double that would have about the same gearing as I use 95% of the time. This is rather cool. Now, I just have to decide if what I have is good enough or whether I really think I want to have that "one more gear" for those days when I'm for a bicycle equivalent of a stroll.

And, thanks for the links to the Serrota forums. I got some good info from that site.

Thanks!

[jenxxs]

Also, keep in mind that you can customize a triple to have a smaller big ring. Several years back, Shimano used to make a road triple with a 46 big ring (46/36/26). You can still get this if you use a crankset with "110 bcd" bolt diameter. I think the point is just that if you find that you are rarely using your current big ring, then it's not doing you much good!