oh granny

[tangentgirl]

Hills, glorious hills. I ride 'em. Slowly but surely. Can't avoid 'em. Wouldn't want to.

I'm getting a new road bike, still looking at options. When I bought my current bike about ten years ago, a triple chain ring was the way to go for a beginning, not so fast rider that wanted to do serious time in the hills. That's what I got, and I've been very happy with it.

I've looked at a few bikes with compact doubles and asked, does this come in a triple? The answer I get back usually is something mumbled about me not wanting that, that the 3 vs. the c2 doesn't make that much of a difference these days, that it weighs more, blah blah blah.

Are they puttin' me on so they can sell the bike in stock? Are they being snoody cause they don't need a granny gear? Are they being perfectly honest and am I looking at outdated technology?