I've had two comments about my triple recently. Not the encouraging kind. Like I was some kind of loser for having it. I don't care.
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04-29-2009, 04:38 PM #1
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04-30-2009, 12:59 PM #2
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Another triple lover here! I can't imagine giving it up. When I ride locally, I use the full range of gears. I love my big power gears for descents and I absolutely rely on my granny gear to get me up the big hills. I also like the flexibility...depending on what I'm training for and how I'm feeling on a particular day, I can power up hills in my middle ring or spin up hills in my granny ring.
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04-30-2009, 02:21 PM #3
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There is a misconception is that triples and doubles are better than the other. Neither is an indication of quality, it's more of a difference in purpose. It's like asking which is better... a truck or a sports car? Well, the answer would depend upon what you need a vehicle for.
Someone who races and looks for every split-second advantage would have different needs than someone whose primary goal is for recreation and to save their knees.
In a nutshell...
Triple advantage = wider gear range
Compact double advantage = quicker shifting, lighter weight
That said, there is good–better–best" within the triples, and within the doubles. The quality within that range is what you pay for. An "upgrade" is to go from 105s to Dura-Ace. To go from a triple to a double (or vice versa) is simply a change of gearing.
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04-30-2009, 02:47 PM #4
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Really? Not 105s to Ultegra?
Originally Posted by Bluetree
Seriously, I'm out of date on the good-better-best thing. I'd never even heard of SRAM until a week ago.
Now it's on at least some high end bikes????By charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control men and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good. That is the treasure that cannot be lost.
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04-30-2009, 02:55 PM #5
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Dura Ace Di2 > Dura-Ace > Ultegra SL > Ultegra > 105 > Tiagra > Sora > 2200
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04-30-2009, 03:39 PM #6
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Dang! Ultegra's are only middle of the pack now!
By charity, goodness, restraint, and self-control men and woman alike can store up a well-hidden treasure -- a treasure which cannot be given to others and which robbers cannot steal. A wise person should do good. That is the treasure that cannot be lost.
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The word of God comes down to man as rain to soil, and the result is mud, not clear water
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04-30-2009, 04:53 PM #7
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Ana - have you ever done any of the gaps? I have a compact with a pretty big rear cassette and I run out of gears on Hogpen Gap - there are sections that are 15-18%. I'm a lousy climber, but if 6-Gap was my goal, I might lean towards a triple.
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