Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
You can get a 53 on the outside and a 30 on the granny with Campy 10 speed. Best of both worlds. Also, even if you only have a 48 or 50 on the outside, you can frequently get a big gear because you run a small cog like an 11T on your cassette. My Kelly has a big gear of 48x11 which is bigger than the 50x13 on the Litespeed. It's the combo of chainrings and cassettes together (as in gear inches and ratios) you have to consider.
nice! thanks! Not sure I'm ready to switch to campy, but good to know!