I'm with the other ladies on this... and I can personally attest a triple is really nice to have in hilly terrain! (yep, NE Oklahoma is hilly!) I'm not too proud to admit its nice to have when others are grinding up in their double! :P
When you get stronger, you COULD decide not to drop down into the 'granny'...but somethin tells me it'd STILL be nice to have on occasion!
P.S. That is one beautiful bike!!!
Edit: I just found this page with a great explanation of gearing (and lots of other items related to choosing a road bike). After reading your initial post, it got me wondering about how to understand MY components. Thanks! Hope this link helps you too!
http://chainwheel.com/page.cfm?PageID=85
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04-08-2007, 04:52 AM #1
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04-08-2007, 05:25 AM #2
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I'm interested on everyone's thoughts of compact v. triple.
I have always thought of the triple as the granny gear...
but I am moving from Fl to New Mexico next month and will probably need to change out of my double. My SO has already moved there, and he is still climbing away in his double, but he has those long lean climbing legs(he is also a masher with his gears and i am much more of a spinner).
my thoughts on this is to go with the compact, but i am used to the flats....
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